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Broken Teeth And The Quiet Cost Of Caregiving.

Health affairs (Project Hope) · Xing W · 2026-09-01

A dentist treating an autistic patient identified unaddressed health problems in the patient's mother during the clinical encounter, highlighting how caregiving responsibilities can affect caregivers' own wellbeing.

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