Poor oral health is so common in (fluoridated) America
Watch Your Mouth: The Link Between Oral and General Health
Sunday, September 26, 2010
.....It’s a big deal because poor oral health is so common in America. Bissada says 60 percent of adults have moderate or severe gum disease - and 40 percent of children have gingivitis - gum disease’s early precursor. Gerald Ferretti is a pediatric oral surgeon at Rainbow Babies and Children’s hospital and a professor of pediatric dentistry at Case Western.
FERRETTI: Early childhood decay is the number one chronic infection in childhood - it’s 7 times higher than asthma, much higher than ear infections. In the greater Cleveland area we’ve looked at thousands of head start children ages 3 to 5 and we’ve found that 45% of these children have early childhood decay.
Tooth decay can be dangerous, even fatal. Statistics show that nearly half of all dental related pediatric emergency room visits are due to infected teeth, and mostly to underserved patients who lack access to dental care....
Sunday, September 26, 2010
.....It’s a big deal because poor oral health is so common in America. Bissada says 60 percent of adults have moderate or severe gum disease - and 40 percent of children have gingivitis - gum disease’s early precursor. Gerald Ferretti is a pediatric oral surgeon at Rainbow Babies and Children’s hospital and a professor of pediatric dentistry at Case Western.
FERRETTI: Early childhood decay is the number one chronic infection in childhood - it’s 7 times higher than asthma, much higher than ear infections. In the greater Cleveland area we’ve looked at thousands of head start children ages 3 to 5 and we’ve found that 45% of these children have early childhood decay.
Tooth decay can be dangerous, even fatal. Statistics show that nearly half of all dental related pediatric emergency room visits are due to infected teeth, and mostly to underserved patients who lack access to dental care....
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