The Lieutenant Governor takes on dental health care in children.
The Lieutenant Governor spoke out about expanding access to oral healthcare at an event to recognize National Children’s Dental Health month. He use the event to remember Deamonte Driver a 12 year old boy from Prince George’s county who died five years ago after bacteria that caused a toothache infected his brain.
Several programs have been launched in Maryland since Deamonte’s death to help improve access to dental health for children, but the Lt. Governor wants more done to improve services and oral health awareness.