Oral Health in West Virginia News

7,500 W. Va. School Kids to Get Dental Care -- The Charleston Gazette, November 20, 2008

Retired Dentist Donates Services to Free Clinic -- West Virginia Morning, West Virginia Public Radio, October 29, 2008

Dental Insurance Crisis -- CBS News Video

Easing W.Va.'s Ache for Care Volunteer Dentists Treat More Than 1,100 in Two-Day Event  -- The Washington Post, June 29. 2008  [also see Martinsburg Journal and Hagerstown Herald-Mail)

Coalition Calls for End of Redesigned Medicaid Program in West Virginia  -- Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, June 16, 2008

Mouthing Off on the State of Oral Health -- Dominion Post, May 20, 2008

Great Day for Oral Health -- The Charleston Gazette, March 10, 2008

Fernando J. Indacochea: 5 things we can do -- The Charleston Gazette, January 20, 2008

West Virginia 47th in dentist visits  -- The Charleston Gazette, December 31, 2007

Kids’ tooth-pulling expenses are higher than cleaning costs  -- The Charleston Gazette, December 24, 2007

Dental hygienists' hands are tied -- The Charleston Gazette, December 17, 2007

‘Our system has failed’ -- The Charleston Gazette, December 10, 2007

Appalachia heart of poor dental health  -- The Charleston Gazette, April 29, 2007

Dental needs are unmet across state --  The Charleston Gazette, April 29, 2007

Getting teeth fixed and back on job  -- The Charleston Gazette, April 29, 2007

Rural dentist tackles toothaches -- The Charleston Gazette, April 27, 2007

The State of Decay (slideshow) --The Charleston Gazette, April 29, 2007

The State of Decay:
Part 1: Peroxide and pliers for those too poor to pay
-- The Charleston Gazette, April 29, 2007
Part 2: Dentures in a day -- The Charleston Gazette, April 30, 2007
Part 3: Nothing to smile about -- The Charleston Gazette, May 6, 2007
Part 4: The fight for fluoride -- The Charleston Gazette, May 7, 2007

Editorial -- Painful: Deficient dental care -- The Charleston Gazette, May 10, 2007

Open wide -- The Charleston Gazette, February 17, 2007

Dental hygienists want new rights -- The Charleston Gazette, January 22, 2007

Doctors, officials seek fix for state's oral health woes  -- The Charleston Gazette, December 9, 2006

Benedum grants target dental needs in state -- The Charleston Gazette, September 9, 2006

 

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