More Premiums Spent on Patient Care?: A Great Idea That Should Apply to Dental Insurance.

Dela J Public Health

Chair, New Jersey Dental Political Action Committee, New Jersey Dental Association; President, Dental Lifeline Network, New Jersey.

Published: April 2023

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