State Capitol Briefs, Monday, Feb. 2 - Belmont, MA - Belmont Citizen-Herald
OFFICIALS EYE ‘DISTURBING TREND’ IN CHILDREN’S ORAL HEALTH:
Massachusetts is 60% fluoridated:
"With the Patrick administration’s top public health official describing a “very disturbing trend” of tooth decay among Massachusetts children, ... According to Health Care for All, a consumer advocacy group, nearly half of Massachusetts children experience tooth decay before third grade, a disease five times more common than asthma... “We struggled over the last several years, particularly in part of the district I represent, which is Cape Cod, to even get any dentists to accept Medicaid patients,” she said. "
Massachusetts is 60% fluoridated:
"With the Patrick administration’s top public health official describing a “very disturbing trend” of tooth decay among Massachusetts children, ... According to Health Care for All, a consumer advocacy group, nearly half of Massachusetts children experience tooth decay before third grade, a disease five times more common than asthma... “We struggled over the last several years, particularly in part of the district I represent, which is Cape Cod, to even get any dentists to accept Medicaid patients,” she said. "
posted by FluorideNews at 2:49 AM
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