Texas Prisons Creating Denture Clinic For Toothless Inmates

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas prison system officials are changing system policy to help fit toothless inmates with dentures.
The Houston Chronicle reports the change comes after its disclosure that Texas prison inmates without teeth were routinely denied dentures. The newspaper had reported that state prison policy had said chewing isn’t a medical necessity and that inmates could eat pureed food.
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Dr. Lanette Linthicum, medical director for the Texas Dep