Carrie's comment on post "From Ann":

It seems that Dr Eggleston has his head in the sand if he believes that 'mouthfuls of rotten teeth are rare in Birmingham'.

But far from being rare in Birmingham, official statistics show that its d3mft rating is 1.17, higher than the national average. Across the West Midlands, where water has been fluoridated since 1964, there has been a 300% rise in children under the age of 10 being admitted to hospital for multiple teeth extractions in the last five years.

The situation in Birmingham is so bad that local MP Steve McCabe has written to the regional NHS director expressing his concerns that 'In Birmingham, almost one in three 5-year-olds suffer from dental disease. This is higher than the national average and makes Birmingham’s children 3.5 times more likely to suffer from tooth decay than their peers in other parts of the UK.'

http://www.stevemccabe-mp.org.uk/node/1014