USA - Physicians sink their teeth into dental care

Physicians sink their teeth into dental care
Under the watchful eye of Melanie Lawrence, center, fifth-grader Meghan Boardman, dressed up in doctor gear, checks out a kindergartener's teeth.
By Jennifer Durgin

Dr. Melanie Lawrence, a family physician in Bradford, Vt., is tired of seeing toddlers with teeth so decayed they need to be pulled. A few states over, in Maine, Dr. William Alto is "increasingly frustrated" that his patients often lack dental care because they can't afford it or can't get a dentist to see them....

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