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In 2002, I joined Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in introducing and passing the Dental Health Improvement Act. Our bill, which is now law, provides grants to states to help provide dental health services to the underserved in both urban and rural areas. Our legislation encourages dental education, recruitment and retention, loan forgiveness for dental professionals, and community prevention. Additionally, the legislation makes some needed improvements to the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and loan forgiveness programs to dental students who commit to practicing in understaffed areas. I am pleased that the grant program we set up was funded at $2 million in fiscal year 2006.

I have also joined several of my colleagues in urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to expand access to dental care for low-income children, chiefly by increasing dentist participation in the Medicaid program.

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