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Texas ended its prison dentures program, plans new inmate dental care
Five years after a Houston Chronicle investigation revealed that toothless Texas prisoners were routinely being given pureed food instead of issuing them dentures, the state has seemingly backtracked on its bid to improve dental care: Prison officials confirm they ended the state’s groundbreaking 3D denture-printing program several months ago. But officials also now say there are plans underway for a new denture program that will be even more expansive – though they’ve offered few details about the specifics. The Chronicle’s year-long investigation in 2018 that led to the creation of the 3D-denture program highlighted stories of more than two dozen inmates who couldn’t chew their food. Some said they’d had…