By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Mar. 9--"Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday." So begins a Washington Post story from Feb. 28. "A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him. "If his mother had been insured. If his family had not lost its Medicaid.

By MARY OTTO WASHINGTON - Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache last week. A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him. If his mother had been insured. If his family had not lost its Medicaid. If Medicaid dentists weren't so hard to find.

CHICAGO, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) extends our deepest condolences to the family of 12-year-old, Maryland boy, Deamonte Driver, who lost his life from a severe brain infection that was caused by bacteria from an infected tooth.