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 124 STAT. 619 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, or public health dentistry for dental students, residents, practicing dentists, dental hygienists, or other approved primary care dental trainees, that emphasizes training for general, pediatric, or public health dentistry; ‘‘(B) to provide financial assistance to dental students, residents, practicing dentists, and dental hygiene students who are in need thereof, who are participants in any such program, and who plan to work in the practice of general, pediatric, public heath dentistry, or dental hygiene; ‘‘(C) to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of oral health care providers who plan to teach in general, pediatric, public health dentistry, or dental hygiene; ‘‘(D) to provide financial assistance in the form of traineeships and fellowships to dentists who plan to teach or are teaching in general, pediatric, or public health den- tistry; ‘‘(E) to meet the costs of projects to establish, maintain, or improve dental faculty development programs in primary care (which may be departments, divisions or other units); ‘‘(F) to meet the costs of projects to establish, maintain, or improve predoctoral and postdoctoral training in primary care programs; ‘‘(G) to create a loan repayment program for faculty in dental programs; and ‘‘(H) to provide technical assistance to pediatric training programs in developing and implementing instruc- tion regarding the oral health status, dental care needs, and risk-based clinical disease management of all pediatric populations with an emphasis on underserved children. ‘‘(2) FACULTY LOAN REPAYMENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant or contract under subsection (a)(1)(G) may be awarded to a program of general, pediatric, or public health dentistry described in such subsection to plan, develop, and operate a loan repayment program under which— ‘‘(i) individuals agree to serve full-time as faculty members; and ‘‘(ii) the program of general, pediatric or public health dentistry agrees to pay the principal and interest on the outstanding student loans of the individuals. ‘‘(B) MANNER OF PAYMENTS.—With respect to the pay- ments described in subparagraph (A)(ii), upon completion by an individual of each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years of service, the program shall pay an amount equal to 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 percent, respectively, of the individual’s student loan balance as calculated based on principal and interest owed at the initiation of the agreement. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this subsection, entities eligible for such grants or contracts in general, pediatric, or public health dentistry shall include entities that have programs in dental or dental hygiene schools, or approved residency or advanced edu- cation programs in the practice of general, pediatric, or public health dentistry. Eligible entities may partner with schools of public