Isabel Flores used to have nightmares about her teeth falling out when she was young. To this day, the 56-year-old Arizonian does her best to take care of her teeth to prevent that from happening. But her teeth are very sensitive, and her past struggles with substance use weakened them. Around 10 years ago, a dentist told her that she was losing bone in her teeth, and that she needed an emergency deep cleaning to scale plaque from below her gum line. But Isabel was on Medicaid at the time, and Arizona does not offer adult dental benefits to its program recipients.
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