Not Receiving Essential Dental Care in the US are Millions Of Children, Seniors And Minorities
Persistent and systemic obstacles undermining people’s access to having proper oral health care. In 2008 4.6 million children in the US did not see a dentist mainly due to the fact that their parents did not have enough money to pay for them to see a dentist. Also the report done by the institute of Medicine shows only 38% of seniors in 2006 had dental insurance