News : Tackling poverty one tooth at a time (Montrose, CO)
News : Tackling poverty one tooth at a time (Montrose, CO):
Colorado is 73% Fluoridated:
"Tooth decay is the leading chronic infectious disease affecting children, according the Colorado Health Report Card. By the time they're 11, an estimated 50 percent of all children will have experienced tooth decay, and by the age of 19, 68 percent will have decay in their permanent teeth."
"Only half of children living in households below the poverty level received preventive dental care in Colorado in 2003, while more than 80 percent living in higher income households received such care, according to the report card."
Colorado is 73% Fluoridated:
"Tooth decay is the leading chronic infectious disease affecting children, according the Colorado Health Report Card. By the time they're 11, an estimated 50 percent of all children will have experienced tooth decay, and by the age of 19, 68 percent will have decay in their permanent teeth."
"Only half of children living in households below the poverty level received preventive dental care in Colorado in 2003, while more than 80 percent living in higher income households received such care, according to the report card."
posted by FluorideNews at 3:49 AM
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