America’s dental health is in trouble

America has long separated dental health from the rest of medical care. Dental visits aren’t covered under Medicare, and states don’t have to include dental coverage for adults under Medicaid. That has led to what some experts are calling an “oral health crisis," with adults and children showing up at the emergency room with serious health problems linked to their teeth because they couldn’t afford preventative care.

This crisis might get worse, not better, because of policy changes underway across the country, dentists say.

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