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During 2009, both chambers of the U.S. Congress passed health care reform bills that contained a variety of provisions specific to oral health and dental care. In March 2010, the Senate version—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (referred to as the Affordable Care Act [ACA])—was signed into law. The authors establish the context for ACA dental provisions by reviewing prior federal legislation...