Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
For many of Chicago’s neediest children, in-school dentists are their only access to care, but some frontline dentists say the system at CPS is driving providers away and leading to fewer kids getting the dental care they need.
Dr. Ahmed Ramaha, of Universal Dental in Orland Park, said he loves treating kids through Illinois’ All Kids School-Based Dental Program, which brings dentists directly into schools, especially in low-income communities, where it’s some kids only interaction with a dentist…