USA - Dental care for needy gets an 'F' in Florida
Dental care for needy gets an 'F' in Florida
By KIMBERLY C. MOORE
NYT Regional Media Group
Published: Friday, August 13, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 13, 2010 at 12:37 a.m.
Taylor Neely, 4, squirmed and giggled as she waited for a light sedative to make her relax before University of Florida pediatric dentist Dr. Michael Tarver put two crowns on her back teeth.
"I don't feel it," said Taylor, who in the past seven months has had one tooth pulled and two fillings put in at the UF College of Dentistry's Pediatric Center. She also will have spacers put in soon. "I never feel it," she said.
Experts from around the state say so much work on such a young patient is common in Florida, where many disadvantaged children have limited or no access to a dentist....
Florida is 70% fluoridated:NYSCOF
By KIMBERLY C. MOORE
NYT Regional Media Group
Published: Friday, August 13, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 13, 2010 at 12:37 a.m.
Taylor Neely, 4, squirmed and giggled as she waited for a light sedative to make her relax before University of Florida pediatric dentist Dr. Michael Tarver put two crowns on her back teeth.
"I don't feel it," said Taylor, who in the past seven months has had one tooth pulled and two fillings put in at the UF College of Dentistry's Pediatric Center. She also will have spacers put in soon. "I never feel it," she said.
Experts from around the state say so much work on such a young patient is common in Florida, where many disadvantaged children have limited or no access to a dentist....
Florida is 70% fluoridated:NYSCOF
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