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(By Ana B. Ibarra for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. \u2014 Devon Rising shakes his head and tries to cover his face with his hands. It\u2019s time to get his few remaining teeth cleaned, and he fusses for a bit.<\/p>\n

Gita Aminloo, his dental hygienist, tries to calm him by singing \u201cItsy Bitsy Spider,\u201d the classic children\u2019s song.<\/p>\n

Rising, 42, is mentally disabled and blind. He has cerebral palsy and suffers from seizures. It\u2019s hard for him to get to a dentist\u2019s office, so Aminloo brought her dental picks, brushes and other tools to him at the\u00a0residential care facility he shares with several other people who have developmental disabilities. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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