California dentists awarded $47M to expand specialty care

Dental schools, dental nonprofit organizations and dentists across 10 counties in California received $47.2 million in Specialty Dental Clinic Grant funds.

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The funding is to be used for developing and expanding dental operatories and other facilities to provide care to patients with special healthcare needs, according to a March 5 news release from the California Dental Association. 

The 13 recipients of the grant received between $2.2 million and $5 million each, and will build and expand more than 120 dental operatories. 

The California Dental Association initially proposed the program in 2022, the release said.

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