The latest oral health news
from the American Dental Association
Children's dental visits, unmet need
Hyattsville, Md. -More than 4 million children aged 17 and younger had unmet dental need in 2011 because their families could not afford dental care, the National Center for Health Statistics said in an analysis of data collected annually by U.S. Census Bureau interviewers.
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Who calls the shots?
Springfield, Ill. -As a way to benefit public health in Illinois, dentists have proposed legislation that would enable them to vaccinate patients, but the state's physicians are fighting to prohibit it from happening.
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