Sun Sentinel (Texas): Domestic Violence Victims Get Free Care at New Dental Clinic

Posted: December 21, 2010 / Source: Sun Sentinel

Sun Sentinel (Texas): Domestic Violence Victims Get Free Care at New Dental Clinic

FORT LAUDERDALE — Abused women are getting their smiles back at an unusual clinic, which soon may be a national model for teaching dentists to repair the teeth of domestic-violence victims.

Over the past two months, the free clinic, carved out of offices at Women In Distress of Broward County , has served more than 100 women who have received fillings, extractions, dentures and deep cleanings. Most lack insurance and have neglected their teeth due to poverty, a negative self-image or a refusal by their partners to allow them to visit doctors.

To read more, click here: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-hk-domestic-violence-dental-20101219,0,5638491.story
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