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oral
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How, and why, some schools provide dental care for needy children
In a series of stories, “The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache,” reporters at the School News Network, based…
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Legal feud over dental service shows no sign of lightening up
A long feud between North Carolina’s state dental board and a group of non-dentists who provide teeth-whitening services may have…
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U.S. children lacking in dental care, other preventive treatments
A newly published federal study finds that millions of American young people have been missing out on key preventive health…
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Tennessean reporter investigates complaints over Medicaid dental provider
Quite a few folks in Tennessee are upset right now with DentaQuest, the giant dental benefits company that took over…
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Reporter looks into rise in kids’ orthodontic care in Wash.
Though a state investigation has failed to prove that any dental providers committed fraud, scandal still hovers over Texas’ Medicaid…
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Study: Midlevel providers expand dental care to those in need
From dental therapists working in clinics in rural Alaska and urban Minnesota to hygienists using telehealth technology in California schools,…
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Complaints about dental benefits provider mounting
The rumblings in Tennessee started earlier this year, after a new company took over the contract to provide dental services…
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When a charity clinic is only option for dental care
Reporter Katie Hiler decided to look into dental care for the poor in Missouri. The situation, she concluded in her reporting…
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Lack of access to dental care leads to expensive emergency room care
In recent years, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have drawn millions of poor and underinsured patients coping with dental problems. Yet…
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Questions arise about oversight of pediatric dentists, sedation
The state of Hawaii continues to investigate the death of a 3-year-old girl who went into a coma after visiting…