USA - Settlement May Help Poor Get Dental Care
............In April, Linden was among scores of volunteer dentists who spent a weekend in the gym of Tolland High School treating more than 1,000 people who lined up before dawn for the chance to have their teeth fixed for free.
Sponsored by the state dental association, the program called Mission of Mercy invited anybody who needed care for free treatment by dentists who volunteered their time starting at 5 a.m. on a rainy Saturday and Sunday.
Linden said the overflow crowd at the school underscored the atrocious state of dental care for needy people in the nation's richest state. He called the experience "a real eye-opener."
In two days, Linden said he cared for adults with decaying and broken teeth, and young children whose front teeth already were riddled with decay.
But he cautioned that the settlement doesn't automatically mean dentists will flock to Medicaid....................
Fluoridation mandated Connecticut:NYSCOF
Sponsored by the state dental association, the program called Mission of Mercy invited anybody who needed care for free treatment by dentists who volunteered their time starting at 5 a.m. on a rainy Saturday and Sunday.
Linden said the overflow crowd at the school underscored the atrocious state of dental care for needy people in the nation's richest state. He called the experience "a real eye-opener."
In two days, Linden said he cared for adults with decaying and broken teeth, and young children whose front teeth already were riddled with decay.
But he cautioned that the settlement doesn't automatically mean dentists will flock to Medicaid....................
Fluoridation mandated Connecticut:NYSCOF
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