Kids in California struggle with more cavities than kids in most states, despite Medi-Cal efforts to fix dental care administrative hurdles and focus on prevention.
Eight years after an independent state watchdog agency harshly criticized the state for failing to provide dental care to low-income children, California has failed to remedy the problem or fully implement the commission's recommendations, according to a follow-up review published last week.
” California children have among the worst rates of dental disease in the nation. A national survey from 2020 to 2021 found that 14.8% of the state’s children ages 1 to 17 had decayed teeth or cavities in the last 12 months studied — ranking 47th out of 51 among all the states and the District of Columbia, with only Louisiana and Wyoming faring worse. 'I don't understand,' Nava said.
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