Deamonte and his brother had never received routine dental attention.

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"We had the impression that mass shootings caused so many injuries and those normally do get a lot of national attention, but in looking at the numbers, gun violence was happening to children on a routine basis, and it was mostly happening out of the spotlight, " Sauaia said.

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