The program would use portable imaging equipment and an Internet-based dental records system to help dentists and hygienists see the X-rays and dental charts of three times as many children from low-income families on Medi-Cal, said Dresslar, who was chief of staff to former Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Sternberg. “It’s not the kind of long-term permanent drain on the general fund that this governor hates,” she said.
