Sunday, August 15, 2004

Ribbon cutting set for children's dental clinic:

Sullivan County, Tennessee is fluoridated:

"The health department already operates an oral-disease prevention program in area schools. A dentist and a hygienist go to schools and do screenings and assessments of students.
The rate of referral from that program is 50 percent, Mayes said last year.
That means 50 percent of the children seen in that program need dental care, Mayes said. "