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Battle Creek, MI, is fluoridated
"'My mouth is a wreck,' said Peterson, 35, who recently paid mostly out-of-pocket for a tooth to be pulled by a dentist in Union City. With two other broken teeth and one that was about to crack, she would consider getting dentures if they didn't cost $5,000.
'I don't have dental insurance,' she said. 'Even as a child my parents didn't have insurance. ... I didn't get dental care.'
'There are many people that are much younger than her that do need their teeth pulled and do need dentures,' Black said.
"There is a shortage of dental providers willing to serve low-income and Medicaid populations, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health."
Battle Creek, MI, is fluoridated
"'My mouth is a wreck,' said Peterson, 35, who recently paid mostly out-of-pocket for a tooth to be pulled by a dentist in Union City. With two other broken teeth and one that was about to crack, she would consider getting dentures if they didn't cost $5,000.
'I don't have dental insurance,' she said. 'Even as a child my parents didn't have insurance. ... I didn't get dental care.'
'There are many people that are much younger than her that do need their teeth pulled and do need dentures,' Black said.
"There is a shortage of dental providers willing to serve low-income and Medicaid populations, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health."
posted by FluorideNews at 3:44 AM
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