Sunday, May 18, 2008

Health coverage for all children should mean dental care, too | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register

Health coverage for all children should mean dental care, too | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register:

"'Most dentists today are working about 32 hours a week. Many of them don't want to treat children. They don't want to treat publicly insured children,'"

Friday, May 16, 2008

Settlement May Help Poor Get Dental Care -- -- Courant.com

Settlement May Help Poor Get Dental Care -- -- Courant.com:

"For more than a decade, poor parents across [fluoridation-mandated] Connecticut have complained about frustrating searches for dentists willing to take their cases, while their children cried in pain from rotten or broken teeth."

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Schumer backs bill to expand child dental care - RecordOnline.com - The Times Herald Record

Schumer backs bill to expand child dental care - RecordOnline.com - The Times Herald Record:

"Local officials say the need for dental care for Medicaid-insured and uninsured children in and around Newburgh is great."

Newburgh was the first US city to add fluoride chemicals into the drinking water and then test for health effects. It's still held up as a beacon of fluoridation's safety and effectiveness when the evidence, such as this news story, shows otherwise.

Friday, May 02, 2008

UB Reporter: Kim works to lower cost of dentures

UB Reporter: Kim works to lower cost of dentures:

[Fluoridated] "Buffalo is a particularly fascinating city from a prosthodontic perspective because the number of denture-wearers is well above the national average,"