News-Press: Lack of transportation one reason seniors skip dental care

Release Date: February 23, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article in the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press about a local dentist who makes house calls to senior citizens who are unable to come into the office for dental work reports that a 2005 survey conducted by the School of Dental Medicine found that more than half of the seniors who responded were not regularly seeing a dentist because of lack of transportation, anxiety and cost.

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