Suncoast News: Free and Affordable Dental Care is Available in Pasco County

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March 1, 2023

Yet, an estimated 77 million adults in the U.S. have no dental insurance, triple the amount who have no health insurance at all, says a report by the CareQuest Institute. And the CDC reports that nearly one out of five American children ages 1 to 17 did not have a yearly dental exam or cleaning in 2020. In 2015, Delta Dental Health Plan’s National Oral Health Survey found that 30% of U.S. children lost 9 million school days because of oral health problems.

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