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million to seven organizations to improve dentall care and promote oral The trust fund began its Oral Healthy Initiative to increase accessz to treatment and preventativd servicesfor low-income, high-need as well as to trai n dentists and other oral healtjh professionals to serve those In 2006, about 32 percent of Nort h Carolinians reported that they did not see a dentist that The percentages were higher among Native Americana (39 percent) African-Americans (42 percent) and Hispanics (56 "It is unfortunate that many Nortg Carolina citizens do not receive basif dental care, which is so critical for overalll good health," said Vandana Shah, HWTF executive director.
"W hope that these grant fundds will provide more North Carolina citizens with acceszs tohigh quality, accessible oral health care." Studiesw have shown connections between chronic oral infectiona and other conditions, including diabetes, heargt disease, lung disease, stroke, low birth weight and prematur births.
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