Assisted by Susan Clifford (left), Dr. Marie Bugayong cleaned the teeth of a mentally disabled patient last week in the Tufts Dental Facility at Fernald Development Center in Waltham, which will be closing in June.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Shuttering of Fernald facility will force thousands to seek care elsewhere
Assisted by Susan Clifford (left), Dr. Marie Bugayong cleaned the teeth of a mentally disabled patient last week in the Tufts Dental Facility at Fernald Development Center in Waltham, which will be closing in June.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
For 34 years Tufts University has provided comprehensive dental care to severely mentally disabled patients who have long been ignored by private practitioners. (Full article: 693 words)
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