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UK Against Fluoridation

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

USA - Kentucky’s Dental Access Program

Kentucky’s Dental Access Program
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced a three-year $1.6 million (federal grants to be matched with state resources) initiative last month to improve pediatric dental health in Eastern Kentucky. The goal is to train more dentists to work with children, create community coalitions to focus solutions in affected counties and provide two sets of portable equipment to address transportation issues. Findings
Why Kentucky? In 2004, Kentucky was the nation’s leader of people 65 or older who are missing teeth.
Twenty-seven percent of all Kentuckians had lost six or more teeth to decay and gum disease,compared to 18 percent nationally. A 2001 study found that nearly 40 percent of Kentucky children had never seen a dentist and that half the state’s children had decay in their primary teeth. The governor also pointed out that only 28 of the state’s 120 counties have pediatric dentists.

In 1977, fluoridation was mandated in Kentucky:NYSCOF

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