Floridians for Dental Access is a bipartisan coalition of individuals and organizations throughout our state actively working to increase access to oral health care through evidence-based best practices in modern dentistry and dental hygiene.
“What is wrong with this country? If a child has a broken arm, we fix it. Yet virtually every day I see children walking around with dental infections that are literally inches from their brain.”
– Betty Kabal, Director of Dental Outreach, North Florida Medical Centers
By Raquel Tejada, CRDH, BASDH, Med Director of Dental Hygiene Providers Central Florida Healthcare, Inc. As a dental hygienist with over 20 years of experience in both private and public practices in Florida, I have seen firsthand the severe physical
A new article in Florida Politics outlines updated data which shows the dental access crisis in Florida is growing and pain and suffering will only intensify if policymakers don’t act. As highlighted in the article: “In 2024, more than 146,000 Floridians sought
“A mother from a Florida city about two hours away called me because her adult son with profound intellectual disabilities was waking up at night screaming in pain,” says Dr. Timothy Garvey, D.M.D, who lives and works in Gainesville. “She
Floridians for Dental Access is a bipartisan coalition of individuals and organizations throughout our state actively working to increase access to oral health care through evidence-based best practices in modern dentistry and dental hygiene.