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PBS NewsHour | In a Town Called Grundy, Some Dental Relief for Appalachia's Poorest | PBS

Duration: 04:25
Program: PBS NewsHour #10195
Broadcast Date: Nov. 9, 2011

Grundy, Va., is one of more than 4,600 places in the country currently experiencing an acute dental shortage. So each fall, hundreds of dentists from throughout the state converge on the town for a "Mission of Mercy" for the area's uninsured. In two days, they extracted 900 teeth.

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Post Date: November 10, 2011