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International Journal of Dentistry
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 348237, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/348237
Review Article

Early Childhood Caries and the Impact of Current U.S. Medicaid Program: An Overview

Bussma Ahmed Bugis1,2

1Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
2Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the U.S., Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh 11153, Saudi Arabia

Received 17 November 2011; Accepted 25 December 2011

Academic Editor: Ali I. Abdalla

Copyright © 2012 Bussma Ahmed Bugis. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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