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Bad teeth: Kids need general anesthesia to fix cavities | KWGN.com – Denver, Colorado News & Weather from KWGN-TV Colorado's Own CW Channel 2: [fluoridated] DENVER — More and more children are going to the dentist’s office with cavities, and the problems are so bad, they have to go under general anesthesia to fix it.

Dr. Chris Roberts is a pediatric dentist in Green Valley Ranch who’s had several patients in this situation.

“A lot of these kids have 6, 8, or 10 [cavities],” Roberts said. “Sometimes you have kids that have cavities on all 20 baby teeth.”