Many dental professionals are unwilling to accommodate adults with developmental disabilities and the consequences are extending far beyond the mouth.
In what experts are calling a national crisis, few dentists are treating individuals with special needs, especially once they reach adulthood.
At the heart of the problem: money and knowledge. Medicaid offers notoriously low reimbursement rates for dentists, so few accept the government health insurance program. And in some states, Medicaid doesn’t cover oral care at all.
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