Jacob is your community news reporter covering the Santa Maria Valley. Last month, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) informed the Anesthesia Medical Group of Santa Maria of a ...

Like many things in Obamacare, dental insurance is more complicated than it should be. In today’s column, I try to bring some clarity to the issue and preview coming changes that may affect how often ...

I am a pediatric dentist and accept Medicaid dental insurance in the Vancouver area. I’m concerned with the current proposal of changing the reimbursement for certain age groups. There are some ...

About a year and a half ago, I started temping at Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children in Pierce County. I told the dental director, Dr. Stephens, “I don’t really like kids,” half-joking, half-honest.

UCSF School of Dentistry resident Kimiya Abtahi, DDS, counts aloud while gently brushing her 11-year-old patient’s teeth. The boy, Alex, sits perfectly still while his mother, father and younger ...

Hundreds of students at Joaquin Miller Elementary received free dental care and tips recently through the Burbank-based Kids’ Community Dental Clinic, which provides free care to children at up to 60 ...