David Heath and Jill Rosenbaum

Dental Education
The business behind dental treatment for America's poorest kids
Part two of the Center for Public Integrity's investigative report on corporate dental chains focuses on the largest Medicaid dental provider in the U.S., which has been accused in several states of providing unnecessary treatment to younger patients -- particularly crowns.
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Dental Education
Corporate dental chains see big profits in adults who can't afford care
An investigative report by the Center for Public Integrity and the PBS "Frontline" program reveals how low-income adults can get locked into debt for dental treatment by corporate dental chains that target vulnerable populations. But the dental chains say they provide much-needed services to patients who typically can't afford them.
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