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dental services  

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  • Kyle Willis, an unemployed African American man without dental insurance but with a painful, abscessed third molar (wisdom tooth), went in desperation to an emergency room. He was prescribed pain medication and an antibiotic to treat the infection. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity; Dental Services]

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