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Uncovered: Minnesota's Dental Crisis

Uncovered: Minnesota's Dental Crisis

$50 million a year is spent in Minnesota emergency rooms on preventable dental problems, in a state where we invest only $200 million in all of the dental care for 1.2 million people. Meet some of the people who are trying to change this and make more available access to dental care.

Uncovered: Minnesota's Dental Crisis is a local public television program presented by Twin Cities PBS

Uncovered: Minnesota's Dental Crisis

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Got dental care? 1,000,000 Minnesotans do not. How can we deliver essential oral health? (26m 40s)

Emergency Room Dental Care

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$50 million a year is spent in Minnesota emergency rooms on preventable dental problems (2m)

Access To Dental Services

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Dental associations hold events for thousands of patients over the course of 3-4 days. (2m)

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