Are Virginia's Children Really Prepared to Start School? - Health News - redOrbit

"According to the CDC, more than 51 million school hours are lost each year nationwide because of dental-related illness, and more than half of children aged five to nine have had at least one cavity or filling, with 78 percent of 17-year-olds having experienced tooth decay." This after 65 years of water fluoridation in the US reaching 70% on public water supplies and virtually 100% via the food supply made with fluoridated water.

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Peoria County concerned about high obesity rate - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com

"'A critical factor in Peoria County [in fluoridation-mandated Illinois] is that many citizens lack access to, or don't make effective use of preventive dental care and treatment,' Fenton said. 'Access to care and numbers of people under-served are a real issue.'"

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KSBY News San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles - Local non-profit awarded thousands of dollars to help low income children fight tooth decay

San Luis Obispo, California, has been fluoridated since 1954 "More local children will receive dental services thanks to two grants totaling $20,000."

KSBY News San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles - Local non-profit awarded thousands of dollars to help low income children fight tooth decay:

North Carolina is 88% fluoridated, "...about $400,000 worth of care [was given for free] to nearly 900 people. Forty dental chairs filled A-B Tech's gym holding patients in need of fillings, extractions and other services. 'This was the second-largest clinic ever held in North Carolina, and would have been the largest if we had more chairs,' said Dr. Jack Teague, III, an Asheville dentist,..."

A-B Tech Hosts State's Second-Largest Dental Clinic - 8/18/2010:

Local News | New pediatric dental center to open at Magnuson Park | Seattle Times Newspaper

Seattle, Washington is fluoridated: "Many kids here still aren't getting the dental care they need, despite state Medicaid spending of $121 million a year on dental care for poor kids, a network of 'safety net' dental services, increased use of dental sealants and fluoride, and a 15-year education effort."

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| Report: Access to dental care lags in N.D., Minnesota | Grand Forks North Dakota | Grand Forks Herald

| Report: Access to dental care lags in N.D., Minnesota:

"North Dakota and Minnesota are among the two-thirds of the states failing to ensure that disadvantaged children get the dental health care they need, according to a new report from the Pew Center on the States."

Fluoridation is state mandated in Minnesota and North Dakota is 95% fluoridated.

Dentistry News & Articles - MDLinx - caries on #MDlinx

Dentistry News : "Home nutritional advice during the first year of life decreases caries incidence and severity at four years of age in a low income community."

"It may...be that fluoridation of drinking water does not have a strong protective effect against early childhood caries (ECC) reported Pollick and colleagues in the Winter 2003 Journal of Public Health Dentistry.

"fluoride tablets increase the occurrence of mild fluorosis in permanent incisors."

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Hundreds pack free dental clinic in Asheville | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times

Asheville, North Carolina is fluoridated and so is 88% of North Carolina:

"Hundreds of people spent the night outside A-B Tech's gym in hopes of having teeth extracted, cavities filled and dentures made at the free two-day clinic that got under way Friday morning and continues today.

The clinic hopes to see 300-400 people each day, making it the largest free dental clinic held in Western North Carolina and the second-largest in the state."

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Open up and say 'Ahhh': Thousands receiving free dental care in two-day event | Wacotrib.com

Waco, Texas is fluoridated. "the sparse-toothed Allison had 10 more teeth pulled...He was one of the hundreds suffering from dental problems who received free treatment Friday in an event sponsored by the Texas Dental Association’s Smiles Foundation.

With the help of about 60 dentists from around the state, the goal is to treat 1,000 to 1,200 people, organizers said."

Open up and say 'Ahhh: Thousands receiving free dental care in two-day event | Wacotrib.com

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Dental care for needy gets an 'F' in Florida

Florida is 70% fluoridated: "Experts from around the state say so much [dental] work on such a young patient is common in Florida, where many disadvantaged children have limited or no access to a dentist."

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Phoenix, Arizona is fluoridated: "Kris Volcheck, D.D.S., M.B.A., dental director, Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) Dental Clinic for the Homeless, Phoenix. After selling his private dental practice, Volcheck began searching for a new, more fulfilling career. Volcheck volunteered to deliver food to homeless people, and worked as a case manager at a homeless shelter. Here he witnessed the extensive dental needs of this community and the dire social costs of poor oral health. Volcheck established the CASS Dental Clinic for the Homeless to provide comprehensive oral health services to this underserved population. Recently, Volcheck began working with other community leaders to launch school-based dental clinics for impoverished students in four elementary schools in south Phoenix, providing preventive care as well as comprehensive restorative treatments."

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Dental epidemic brought by sugary energy drinks worrying - IBTHealth - Health Guide For the Modern Lifestyle

In 75% fluoridated Australia: "A total of 68 per cent of students has experienced at least one tooth exhibiting signs of erosion, discovered the research that collected data from Australian schools, said the Australian Dental Association (ADA)."

Fluoride supplements, dental caries and fluorosis: A systematic review -- Ismail and Hasson 139 (11): 1457 -- The Journal of the American Dental Association

"The current recommendations for use of fluoride supplements during the first six years of life should be re-examined." Journal of the American Dental Association "There is weak and inconsistent evidence that the use of fluoride supplements prevents dental caries in primary teeth... Mild-to-moderate dental fluorosis is a significant side effect."

Fluoride supplements, dental caries and fluorosis: A systematic review -- Ismail and Hasson 139 (11): 1457 -- The Journal of the American Dental Association:

Care shortage takes a toll on Florida kids' teeth | Gainesville.com

Children in fluoridated Green Cove Springs, Florida have loads of cavities "'I see a lot of cavities in really young children...At 3 or 5, they come in with cavities, and you hate to see it in that age group. You really shouldn't see any cavities in that age group.'"

Florida is 70% fluoridated:

Hackney said for older children, it's even worse. Teeth have gone untreated for so long that the dentists have to pull them rather than fix them.

"We did have a 15-year-old boy from St. Johns County that lost both of his front teeth, and I felt really bad for him because he was a nice-looking boy," she said about having to pull his teeth. "It was so unnecessary ... if he had gotten to a dentist at an earlier age, but now he's on dentures for the rest of his life."

Fla.'s Kids in Need Have Little Access To Dentists | TheLedger.com

Fla.'s Cavities Kill and Sicken Dentist-Deficient Children | TheLedger.com:

"Since 2006, three children have died in the U.S. because of a dental infection that went untreated because the parents weren't taking the kid to the dentist," Catalanotto said. "In one case in Maryland, the parent couldn't find a dentist who would take Medicaid. We estimate 200 or more children a year are actually admitted to the hospital for a life-threatening dental infection in the state of Florida."

In April, 5-year-old Dylan Stewart died after being anesthetized for dental work. His death shocked and saddened the community, along with the dentist, Dr. Ronnie Grundset. She closed her practice for a short while. Grundset is one of eight dentists in Alachua County who serves the area's most impoverished patients, taking Medicaid for pediatric patients while nearly 275 of her colleagues in the county do not."

"About 70 percent of people in Florida drink fluoridated water. In 1949, Gainesville was the first city in the state to fluoridate its water to prevent tooth decay."

It's More Than Just Candy: Important Relationships Between Nutrition and Oral Health

It's More Than Just Candy: Important Relationships Between Nutrition and Oral Health:

"Despite great advances in the last 50 years in oral health awareness, improved dental treatments, and fluoridation of municipal water supplies, dental problems continue to persist-especially in underserved populations.3-5"

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Bufffalo, NY is fluoridated: "In a new study, researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York looked at 65 children, ages 2 to 5, who were treated for cavities in baby teeth. They found that nearly 28 percent of those children had a body-mass index indicating they were overweight or obese."