Thursday, July 27, 2006

Seven Days: Oral Report:

"Interestingly, the Somalis generally require less remedial care than do native-born Americans, Risko adds. 'They don't have diets high in sugar, so their decay rate isn't as high as a typical American's.' "

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

KRT Wire | 06/16/2006 | The breast police:

Breast milk has extremely low levels of fluoride - much lower than what dentists declare is optimal

"Breast-fed babies have fewer allergies, fewer cavities"

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Hernando Today - Online Edition:

Brooksville, Florida, is fluoridated:

"Dental service was a key area of concern identified by both community leaders and focus group participants."
HealthCare:

New Haven, Connecticut, is fluoridated:

"dental health in children has certainly been one of the higher needs of the New Haven area.”"

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

13abc.com: Ohio's dental care crisis:

Ohio is 90.6% fluoridated:

"Access to dental care is the number one unmet health care need in Ohio, and in much of the country."

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Benefitnews.com - A SourceMedia and Investcorp publication:

"'We started realizing after talking to employees, that they never challenged the dentist about what services were being rendered,' recalls Alan Vogel, D.M.D, vice president of dental product management for MetLife in New York. One common discovery was that fluoride treatments were unnecessarily being performed twice a year on children who had no tooth decay."