Dental Care for All
For many people, regular visits to the dentist are little more than a necessary inconvenience. But in lower-income communities, access to dental care can be all but nonexistent - with serious consequences for public health. Professor Donald Chi lays out how a single childhood cavity can lead to a lifetime of problems, why so many people struggle to access even basic dental care, and what policymakers can do to provide every American with the coverage they need.
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Check out Chi’s SSN brief, Why Inadequate Dental Care Leads to Escalating Health Problems for Low-Income Americans
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Read Pew’s summary of his research on dental therapists
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Find Mary Otto’s article in The Washington Post on Deamonte Driver
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