Sunday, November 19, 2006

Signature Story: A Time to Give Back:

Jackson, Mississippi, is fluoridated:

"In his own practice, Curtis sees hundreds of children through Early Head Start programs. He estimates that about one-third of the Early Head Start patients he sees already have problems serious enough to require they be hospitalized for proper treatment."

"'Unfortunately, by the time we see these kids now, we are far beyond the point where education is going to do much good,' he adds. Instead, many of the children need surgical intervention, with multiple teeth removed."