title: Open wide. Dental care puts smiles on the faces of North Carolina kids.
abstract: When kids' dental needs get overlooked, their whole health suffers. That's why FirstHealth of the Carolinas listened thoughtfully to school health nurses who told them about the impact that tooth decay and abscesses were having on kids without insurance or whose families relied on Medicaid.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mycek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006075:Governing Board; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D009657:North Carolina; D011203:Poverty