USA - Local Dentists See Cavity Increase In Pre-School Aged Children
Local Dentists See Cavity Increase In Pre-School Aged Children
March 7, 2012 5:15 AM
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Local dentists are noticing an increase in pre-school age children coming into their office for a check-up with numerous cavities.
Dr. Josh Bresler who’s practice is called “Cavity Busters” says the problem is a significant one.
“We have, over the past few years, seen probably 50 to 60 children every week in that pre-school age who need to be put under general anesthesia to have all 20 teeth repaired.”
Why?
“One issue is that children are not coming to the dentist early enough. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommend that children be seen by a dentist by their first birthday. The old recommendations were that children were to be seen by age three. By three it’s too late.”
When asked if children drinking bottled water as opposed to the floridated tap water most municipalities offer is a factor, Bresler says it’s not but the juice boxes, fruit snacks and flavored waters they consume are.
Comment from NYSCOF
It’s sad we’ve allowed organized dentistry to convince us that all poor kids need is more
fluoride. 80% of dentists refuse Medicaid patients. 130 Million Americans don’t
have dental insurance. Many of those with insurance can’t afford dentistry’s
high out-of-pocket costs.
Meanwhile, after 67 years of water fluoridation, more dental schools are opening, more dental professionals have been created and dentists’ offices had higher profit margins than any other industry , according to Sageworks, a firm that tracks private-company financial performance
This country needs to employ Dental Therapists. But organized dentistry is so politically powerful that legislators are afraid to tick them off and cause them to lose their lucrative monopoly by allowing Dental Therapists to work in the US as they have for decades in other first world
countries – very successfully.
Also, the mistaken thought that fluoride could prevent tooth decay has made loads of money for the dental products’ industry but have overdosed our children. The CDC says almost half of adolescents have dental fluorosis (discolored teeth) from ingesting too much fluoride. Yet, tooth decay is rampant
Absent from discussion is that children are deficient in vit D and calcium – two nutrients required for healthy teeth. But no big industry is lobbying about them or can profit from them. Fluoride is neither a nutrient nor essential for healthy teeth. It is a drug not necessary for tooth formation or decay prevention..
Also most juices have a fluoride content, either from the water supply used to make it or from fluoride containing pesticide residues. No American is or ever was fluoride deficient. However, millions are dentist-deficient.There is no science to support the notion that drinking fluoride-free water leads to more tooth decay.
Rotten diets make rotten teeth and no amount of fluoride can change that.
March 7, 2012 5:15 AM
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Local dentists are noticing an increase in pre-school age children coming into their office for a check-up with numerous cavities.
Dr. Josh Bresler who’s practice is called “Cavity Busters” says the problem is a significant one.
“We have, over the past few years, seen probably 50 to 60 children every week in that pre-school age who need to be put under general anesthesia to have all 20 teeth repaired.”
Why?
“One issue is that children are not coming to the dentist early enough. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommend that children be seen by a dentist by their first birthday. The old recommendations were that children were to be seen by age three. By three it’s too late.”
When asked if children drinking bottled water as opposed to the floridated tap water most municipalities offer is a factor, Bresler says it’s not but the juice boxes, fruit snacks and flavored waters they consume are.
Comment from NYSCOF
It’s sad we’ve allowed organized dentistry to convince us that all poor kids need is more
fluoride. 80% of dentists refuse Medicaid patients. 130 Million Americans don’t
have dental insurance. Many of those with insurance can’t afford dentistry’s
high out-of-pocket costs.
Meanwhile, after 67 years of water fluoridation, more dental schools are opening, more dental professionals have been created and dentists’ offices had higher profit margins than any other industry , according to Sageworks, a firm that tracks private-company financial performance
This country needs to employ Dental Therapists. But organized dentistry is so politically powerful that legislators are afraid to tick them off and cause them to lose their lucrative monopoly by allowing Dental Therapists to work in the US as they have for decades in other first world
countries – very successfully.
Also, the mistaken thought that fluoride could prevent tooth decay has made loads of money for the dental products’ industry but have overdosed our children. The CDC says almost half of adolescents have dental fluorosis (discolored teeth) from ingesting too much fluoride. Yet, tooth decay is rampant
Absent from discussion is that children are deficient in vit D and calcium – two nutrients required for healthy teeth. But no big industry is lobbying about them or can profit from them. Fluoride is neither a nutrient nor essential for healthy teeth. It is a drug not necessary for tooth formation or decay prevention..
Also most juices have a fluoride content, either from the water supply used to make it or from fluoride containing pesticide residues. No American is or ever was fluoride deficient. However, millions are dentist-deficient.There is no science to support the notion that drinking fluoride-free water leads to more tooth decay.
Rotten diets make rotten teeth and no amount of fluoride can change that.
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