In a 2012 joint investigation by FRONTLINE and the Center for Public Integrity, correspondent Miles O’Brien uncovers the shocking consequences of a broken dental care system. Poor children, entitled by law to dental care, often cannot find a dentist willing to see them. Others kids receive excessive care billed to Medicaid, or major surgery for preventable tooth infections. For adults with dental disease, the situation can be just as dire and bankrupting. While millions of Americans use emergency rooms for dental care, corporate dental chains are filling the gaps in care, and in some cases have allegedly overcharged patients or loaded them with high priced credit card debt.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Sarah Childress, Miles O'Brien, Aurun Rath, Jill Rosenbaum
Crew: Azmat Khan (Associate Producer), Robin Parmelee (Coordinating Producer), Gretchen Gavett (Associate Producer), Arun Rath (Producer), Carl Byker (Writer), Missy Frederick (Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: FRONTLINE, Yellow River Productions
Runtime: 54 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 26, 2012
IMDb: 5
