When tiny teeth turn bad
When tiny teeth turn bad
Date August 22, 2012
Sugary foods and over-processed carbs take much of the rap for chronic disease and overweight, but here's another casualty that makes fewer headlines – baby teeth. We might live in the age of fluoride and flash cosmetic dentistry, but the latest report card on children's dental health showed a surprising number of little kids with holes in their first teeth. Almost 50 per cent of six-year olds attending school dental services had one or more teeth that was either decayed, missing or had been filled, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Child Dental Health Survey revealed this year.
Fluoridated Australia
Date August 22, 2012
Sugary foods and over-processed carbs take much of the rap for chronic disease and overweight, but here's another casualty that makes fewer headlines – baby teeth. We might live in the age of fluoride and flash cosmetic dentistry, but the latest report card on children's dental health showed a surprising number of little kids with holes in their first teeth. Almost 50 per cent of six-year olds attending school dental services had one or more teeth that was either decayed, missing or had been filled, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Child Dental Health Survey revealed this year.
Fluoridated Australia
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