Fluoridation Fails Michigan

90.2% of Michigan is fluoridated where

• More than one-third of all Michigan seniors have lost six or more natural teeth due to tooth decay or gum disease. Low-income seniors are more than three times as likely to have lost six or more teeth from tooth decay and/or gum disease. 

•  Sixty-six percent of third-graders in the Upper Peninsula had a history of dental decay in their primary and/or permanent teeth, compared with 56 percent statewide. 

• Years of studies, reports and task forces show us there is no one
  solution to this problem. But one strategy that hasn't been tried in
  Michigan yet is adding mid-level dental providers to our state's
  workforce to expand access to care.

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