Thursday, May 05, 2011

America's Oral Health Crisis: Closing the Gap - EIN News - News Media Monitoring

After 66 years of fluoridation reaching more Americans than ever, a new report says dental disease is still "a public health crisis that has persisted more than a decade after the U.S. Surgeon General called for aggressively reversing the 'silent epidemic' of America's oral health disparity."

"Lower-income African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians tend to suffer oral health disparities and lower access to dental care and prevention compared to white Americans."


America's Oral Health Crisis: Closing the Gap - EIN News - News Media Monitoring: