Medical Xpress

Medi-Cal's dental care gap: Getting a tooth pulled is easy—much harder to get an implant

When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he couldn't find a dentist in Marin County willing to take Medicaid to do a root canal. Marin Community Clinics referred ...

Asking for free dental care is like pulling teeth. But we still need to do it

I’m far from the only one delaying treatment. Like my wisdom tooth, though, the cost of keeping dental care unaffordable will ...
9NEWS

Would you let someone who's not a dentist pull your teeth?

Need a tooth pulled or a cavity filled? Forget the dentist. An increasing number of states are allowing or considering letting "dental therapists," professionals with a lower level of training, do the ...
Good Men Project

Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder to Get an Implant

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he couldn’t find a dentist in Marin County willing to take Medicaid to do a root canal. Marin ...