Many Dentists Won't Fix Poor Children's Bad Teeth - New York Times

Many Dentists Won't Fix Poor Children's Bad Teeth - New York Times: "The National Institute of Dental Research predicts that children born today can avoid cavities completely, but only if given decent dental care" (1999)

"The New York Dental Society, a professional association, sued the state in February, saying that the state-run Medicaid program reimbursed dentists at rates so low that most refused to treat Medicaid patients. Of New York's 17,000 dentists, fewer than 1,200 handed in Medicaid claims in 1997, according to the State Health Department."