A national disgrace: How our addiction to sugary soft drinks is causing the teeth of Australian toddlers to rot in their heads

A national disgrace: How our addiction to sugary soft drinks is causing the teeth of Australian toddlers to rot in their heads - as dentists say 'a lot of kids are having Pepsi and Coke put in their baby bottles'

• Dentists regularly remove multiple teeth from children with severe decay
• Often the child is placed under general anaesthetic for the procedure
• Some cases are so severe that all baby teeth are pulled out
• Sugary diet and poor oral hygiene is the main cause of severe tooth decay
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• Children as young as 18 months are undergoing major dental operations to have their rotting teeth removed, with some suffering from such severe decay that all of their baby teeth need to be pulled out. 
  Sophie Beaumont, a dental surgeon from The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, said more than 1,000 Victorian children were put under general anaesthetic last year to have multiple decayed teeth removed.
  'It is certainly not uncommon to do multiple extractions on young children, often if there is one tooth with severe decay then there will be others that are just as bad,' she said....
  
  

Fluoridated Australia?