Fluoridation Fails Florida

 

Despite a 78% fluoridation rate, Florida's oral health crisis is among the worst in the nation. 

 

 

• Florida ranks last (50th out of 50 states) in percentage of children receiving a dental health visit in the last 12 months
• Out of 50 states, Florida ranks 42nd for percentage of adults who have received one annual dental visit in 2021.
• One out of four (25.1%) of Florida 3rd graders have untreated cavities, making Florida the sixth worst state in the nation for this measure.
• Nearly 120,000 Floridians visited the emergency room (ER) in 2021 for non-traumatic dental conditions and 3,200 were admitted.
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  Seven in 10 ER visits for non-traumatic dental conditions in Florida were among patients ages 21–64 who were uninsured (40%) or enrolled in Medicaid (30%).