Missouri children who have Medicaid as their primary dental insurance have severely limited access to dental care, which leads to their experiencing tooth decay at a rate higher than the national average.
鈥淭hat's what I found in practice, when I was taking care of children and looking at their teeth,鈥� said Dr. Carol Berger, assistant professor of nursing at Maryville University. She鈥檚 the narrator and creator of the new documentary The documentary started with research Berger conducted as an University of Missouri鈥揝t. Louis doctoral student.
鈥淚n rural Missouri, I was seeing just unbelievable decay.鈥�
On Tuesday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, guest host Rod Milam spoke with Berger about her new documentary highlighting disparities in dental care for children in rural Missouri 鈥� and what needs to be done to prevent young kids from experiencing tooth decay.
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