Source: NC PUBLIC HEALTH NEWS, 7/20/21
 
Millions of rural residents have not seen a dentist in over a year, a recent CDC report reveals. In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic forced dentists to shut down, 42 percent of adults in rural areas did not receive dental care, according to the survey. In urban areas, roughly a third of adults did not see a dentist that year. In both groups, people of color and low-income residents were less likely to have seen a dentist in 2019.

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