NYSDA News February 2022

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New NIH Report Describes Oral Healthcare in America as Still in Need of Improvement

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he picture of oral health in America presented in a report released at the end of 2021 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is not particularly good. “Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges,” a follow-up to the 2000 surgeon general report on the nation’s oral health, describes “many” people as still having chronic oral health problems and lacking access to care.

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