Tootaches more likely in minority, poor, special needs children, study finds

Tootaches more likely in minority, poor, special needs children, study finds: Fluoridation is not leveling out tooth decay between poor and non-poor Americans.

Minorities, poor and special needs children have had more toothaches than white children, according to a report published in this month’s Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Even after controlling for insurance and poverty status, black and multiracial children were more at risk for experiencing toothache than white children, researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle reported.