FAMU Board of Trustees Unanimously Vote to Submit Request to the Florida Board of Governors for a College of Dental Medicine

Florida is already 78% fluoridated but tooth decay is rampant because only 10% of Florida dentists will treat Medicaid patients. What's the dentists' solution - more fluoridation - which is their way of diverting attention away from the real problem. Many Florida legislators are falling for this false sense of security by adding unnecessary and harmful fluoride chemicals into the water supplies satisfying politically powerful organized dentistry but doing nothing for their constituents.

FAMU Board of Trustees Unanimously Vote to Submit Request to the Florida Board of Governors for a College of Dental Medicine:

"The DOH also reported that Florida ranks 29th in the nation in dentists per capita, with 49.4 dentist per 100,000 people. This is worse in rural areas, since many do not have adequate access to a licensed dentist. In fact, 90 percent of dentists in Florida are in private practice and 10 percent of dentists in Florida participate in Medicaid. There is one dentist, per 9,747 Medicaid-eligible children and one dentist per 41,039 Medicaid-eligible adults."

“There is a tremendous need, yet very little access to oral health care,” said FAMU President James H. Ammons.