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JG-TC.com > News > Dental care for low-income families bad but getting better, say officials
40 Dentists in fluoridated Illinois refuse to treat this 2-Yr-old with severe tooth decay
"Instead of a gleaming top row of petit incisors, the front of the toddler’s mouth offered a fetid mass of blackened tissue protruding through shards of teeth — schrapnel from Austin’s collision with a metal swingset in early June.
"For almost three weeks — practically an eternity to Austin’s parents, Kyle and Rebecca Shupe of Neoga — the young boy lived on liquified foods while his mother tried desperately to find a dentist to remove the shattered bits of teeth lodged in her son’s infected gums.
'It seemed like nobody wanted to take us because of the (state) medical card,' said Rebecca, who called more than 40 area dentists."
40 Dentists in fluoridated Illinois refuse to treat this 2-Yr-old with severe tooth decay
"Instead of a gleaming top row of petit incisors, the front of the toddler’s mouth offered a fetid mass of blackened tissue protruding through shards of teeth — schrapnel from Austin’s collision with a metal swingset in early June.
"For almost three weeks — practically an eternity to Austin’s parents, Kyle and Rebecca Shupe of Neoga — the young boy lived on liquified foods while his mother tried desperately to find a dentist to remove the shattered bits of teeth lodged in her son’s infected gums.
'It seemed like nobody wanted to take us because of the (state) medical card,' said Rebecca, who called more than 40 area dentists."
posted by FluorideNews at 4:34 AM
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