Monday, March 23, 2009

Marian Wright Edelman: Dentists Remember and Respond to a Child's Preventable Death

Marian Wright Edelman: Dentists Remember and Respond to a Child's Preventable Death:

In fluoridated Prince George County, Maryland: "In just four days in February 2009, the group screened 170 children at Seat Pleasant Elementary School...The dentists found 32 children (19%) who required emergency services for problems like abscesses, acute gum disease and teeth rotted down to the nerve centers."