Steve Lopez: My toothache led to a painful discovery: The dental care system is full of cavities as you age
I had a nagging toothache recently, and it led to an even more painful revelation. If you X-rayed the state of oral health care in the United States, particularly for people 65 and older, the picture would be full of cavities. "It's probably worse than you can even imagine," said Elizabeth Mertz, a UC San Francisco professor and Healthforce Center researcher who studies barriers to dental care ...