U.S. Senate healthcare bill would change dentistry

Nov 19, 2009

The healthcare reform bill introduced on the floor of the U.S. Senate by Democrats Wednesday would extend dental care to millions of uninsured children, set up new oral health surveillance programs, and train new dental professionals -- including new categories of midlevel providers in pilot programs.

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