I agree with the author and this is not an issue of entitlement, but rather one of health. I was a young immigrant child who came to this country after the war. My parents both worked, paid taxes, but with five children, our family was poor. By the time I was 12 and in agony because of dental pain, I saw a dentist. He told my parents it was too late as my teeth were rotten. By age 18, I had full dentures. I have spent a lifetime paying benefits at workplaces that included dental coverage which I could not access for myself, since dentures are considered cosmetic. Many young people working today do not have dental insurance in their workplace and cannot afford the insurance or the dental work. We should have a universal dental plan for all that includes all of the necessary services to ensure dental health without the frills of root canals, etcetera.