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In a 2012 joint investigation by FRONTLINE and the Heart for Public Integrity, correspondent Miles O’Brien uncovers the stunning penalties of a damaged dental care system. Poor kids, entitled by regulation to dental care, typically can’t discover a dentist keen to see them. Others children obtain extreme care billed to Medicaid, or main surgical procedure for preventable tooth infections. For adults with dental illness, the scenario might be simply as dire and bankrupting. Whereas tens of millions of Individuals use emergency rooms for dental care, company dental chains are filling the gaps in care, and in some instances have allegedly overcharged sufferers or loaded them with excessive priced bank card debt.
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