For Those With Developmental Disabilities, Dental Needs Are Great, Good Care Elusive

2020-04-27T20:00:24-05:00

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 [...]