Cummings aims for higher dental care

Helping Deamonte Driver keep his smile intact would have cost around $300 starting with $50 to seal his first teeth. Fighting to save the 12-year-old after tooth decay had spread through the roots of his teeth and into his brain cost more than $200,000 ? and eventually his life.

“Deamonte Driver was poor and homeless, and he never made it into the dental chair,” said Baltimore Rep. Elijah Cummings. “Our children didn?t ask to come here. We need to help them the best we can.”