As a retired pediatric public health nurse and nursing professor, I spent my whole career witnessing how important good oral health is for a healthy childhood. It is heartbreaking to see children suffering from pain and abscesses that could have been avoided with prevention and early intervention. Our family benefitted from having employer-sponsored dental insurance […]
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Maine Voices: The time is now to rebuild Maine’s dental health care program
L.D. 1501 recognizes that good oral health is important to our kids’ well-being, happiness, education and future.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Give Maine kids a reason to smile
I have spent 35 years in Maine as a board-certified pediatric dentist, trying to provide dental care to as many children as I could. Too many of these children came to me with dental disease that could have been prevented through solutions like the one proposed by LD 1501: An Act to Protect Oral Health […]
Posted inLocal & State
Partnership will provide free dental care to veterans in Maine
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Service said it’s working with 22 clinics to provide the service.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Committee endorses bill to monitor dental insurers in Maine
The proposal would ensure the insurers are spending enough on claims and improving care for customers.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine House and Senate advance bill to expand dental coverage under MaineCare
Maine is one of only 10 states that do not cover preventive and restorative dental care under their Medicaid programs.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Dental care is health care. Mainers need access to it.
L.D. 1501 provides a way for the dental profession and our state to protect all children from preventable dental disease.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Tooth care is health care, Mainers’ stories show
Legislators shouldn’t hesitate to expand dental care benefits under MaineCare.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine lawmakers take up new effort to expand adult dental care under Medicaid
Democrats have been trying to expand coverage since 2019, but the effort was derailed when the Legislature adjourned abruptly in 2020 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland dental clinics to offer services to veterans
The University of New England Dental Clinic at the Stevens Avenue campus and Community Dental on Park Avenue, both in Portland, are two of the eight dental clinics across the state participating in the new Maine Veterans’ Dental Network. The network, a partnership with Northeast Delta Dental, participating dental clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers, […]