For those with developmental disabilities, dental needs are great, good care elusive
Khn | May 03, 2019
When ava terranove began feeling oral pain last july, her parents took her to her regular dentist. the dentist determined that ava, who has an autism-like condition, needed two root canal procedures to treat infected teeth. Because of her developmental disability, Ava, now 15, requires general anesthesia for non routine dental work. The dentist, like most of his peers, was not equipped to provide it.