Yes, I know, I post things from the Washington Post often… it’s the only newspaper I have time to glance at, by virtue of its being under my nose at the office during coffee breaks. But I was horrified to read of a young boy who died of a toothache — For Want of A Dentist by Mary Otto. Yes. That’s right. He had a rotting tooth, couldn’t get it pulled, and by the time his family could get him to a surgeon, the bacteria had spread to his brain.
Deamonte Driver was just 12 years old. Doctors operated on his …read more