“Dental Crisis in America: The Need to Expand Access”

Posted: February 29, 2012
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging United States Senate

“Dental Crisis in America: The Need to Expand Access”

A Statement for the Record submitted by the American Dental Association

February 29, 2012

Most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world and, as a result, enjoy excellent oral health. But tens of millions still do not, owing to such factors as poverty, geography, lack of oral health education, language or cultural barriers, fear of dental care and the belief that people who are not in pain do not need dental care. Lack of oral health care is especially troubling in light of the increasing body of knowledge of the interrelationships between oral health and overall health.

The ADA believes that all Americans deserve good oral health and oral care delivered by fully trained dentists. Early diagnosis, preventive treatments and early intervention can prevent or halt the progress of most oral diseases—conditions that when left untreated, can have painful, disfiguring and lasting negative health consequences.

Read the entire Statement here: http://www.ada.org/sections/advocacy/pdfs/statement_120227_expandaccess.pdf
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