Dental clinic serves a group often neglected
August 27th, 2007Caters to patients with disabilities.
In the Philadelphia area, a new clinic aims to address a pervasive problem: lack of access to dental care for people with disabilities. Many parents are delighted. “A lot of places that I’ve taken my daughter to didn’t even want to touch her,” said one grateful mother. Yet the situation is less than ideal, creating yet another situation in which people with disabilities are segregated away from the general population.
The Arc of Pennsylvania, which advocates for people with mental retardation, has made legislation to improve dental care a priority this year. A big part of the problem: only about a quarter of Pennsylvania dentists accept Medicaid.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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