1. Requirement that Secretary of Veterans Affairs furnish dental care in the same manner as any other medical service (a) Dental benefits (1) In general Title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) in section 1701(6), by striking as described in sections 1710 and 1712 of this title ; (B) in section 1710(c), by striking the second sentence; (C) in section 1712— (i) by striking subsections (a) and (b); (ii) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively; and (iii) in subsection (a), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— (I) by striking Dental appliances and inserting The Secretary may furnish dentures, dental appliances ; and (II) by striking to be furnished by the Secretary under this section may be procured by the Secretary and inserting under this section and may procure such appliances