New Zealand dental consultant insults opposition
Children's teeth rotting away
12 May 2005
Canterbury is facing an epidemic of tooth decay among its children, with half of all five-year-olds affected and a growing waiting list for hospital dental treatment. Joanna Davis reports on the tooth fairy's worst nightmare.
"Kids are being fed up on high energy, high sugar drinks and then they won't eat their lunch" - Dr Martin Lee, clinical director of the school and community dental service. Lee says there's nothing wrong with fluoridation. Those who are against it, he says, make a lot of noise but are in fact just "the health version of the Flat Earth Society".
12 May 2005
Canterbury is facing an epidemic of tooth decay among its children, with half of all five-year-olds affected and a growing waiting list for hospital dental treatment. Joanna Davis reports on the tooth fairy's worst nightmare.
"Kids are being fed up on high energy, high sugar drinks and then they won't eat their lunch" - Dr Martin Lee, clinical director of the school and community dental service. Lee says there's nothing wrong with fluoridation. Those who are against it, he says, make a lot of noise but are in fact just "the health version of the Flat Earth Society".
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