The Baltimore Sun: Maryland’s Proud Record on Youth Dental Care

Posted: June 3, 2011
The Baltimore Sun: Maryland’s Proud Record on Youth Dental Care

Four years ago, a 12-year-old boy from Prince George's County named Deamonte Driver died from complications of an untreated dental infection. Lacking access to routine dental care that could have prevented the problem, and to basic treatment that could have contained it, Deamonte finally came to medical attention after the infection had spread to his brain.
Deamonte's death was a shocking call to action. Elected officials, led by Congressman Elijah Cummings, called Deamonte's death a moral failure as well as a policy failure. Public and private partners formed the Maryland Dental Access Committee and proposed an ambitious set of reforms for the state. Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and former health secretary John Colmers made improvements in access to dental care a top state priority.

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