The American Dental Association (ADA) is urging state dental associations to become more involved in providing leadership on Medicaid dental services in their states. Such a move will help retain or gain Medicaid services in their states for adults and children, the ADA says. Specifically, the ADA’s Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations sponsored …
Children seeing more dentists, adults less
There is good news and bad news in an important new study of Americans’ dental habits. The good news is that the percentage of Medicaid enrolled children who visited a dentist in the past year increased 29 percent from 2000 to 2013. Thus, the gap between privately insured children’s dental care and poorer children has …
Downstate Illinois clinics help fill dental needs
In one downstate Illinois county, dentists are helping fill the needs of low income residents through dental clinics. Recognizing that not all lower-income residents in McLean County can get by with private insurance or Medicaid coverage, a dentist rushed in to fill the gap. The Bloomington Pantagraph notes the efforts of Dr. Jack Capodice Jr., …
Dental spending in America….
Some very interesting facts and figures in this graphic…
Patient thanks Pennsylvania staff for giving her back her smile
Tracy Evans of Middletown, PA would like to thank Dr. Joshua Kim and the Harrisburg Team for giving her back her smile. Tracy now has the confidence to start her new job and proudly show off her new pearly whites. (Pictured below with Tracy are office manager Courtney Brader, Dr. Joshua Kim, Dentist; Raynee Doweary, …
