Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Verizon Online - Business Center News:

Tulsa, Oklahoma, is fluoridated

"Many of the children that Mueller's clinic has treated so far have extensive problems.
In an upscale neighborhood with plenty of dentists, most children need a cleaning, fluoride treatment and braces. In poor neighborhoods, children have severe cavities, painful abscesses and broken-down teeth, he said.
'Dental disease is very much a disease of poverty,' Mueller said."