It has been a problem that has been off the radar screen for too many years. This is why we need to mobilize the public to support adequately funded dental health services and programs for all children in every community. It takes a whole community to solve the problem. The American dream requires that each generation sacrifice for its children. An important part of that dream is that our children are healthy.
Healthy children make healthy communities.
But too many children today are suffering needlessly from preventable dental diseases and lack of treatment. Too many kids can't get to a dentist, and it hurts. Most of these kids are in families where the parents are working hard to provide for their needs. We have a program on the books in every state to get children the health care they need and it isn't doing the job in most states. Let's use this program to get kids the care they need.