Fluoridated St. Louis Needs New Dental School

St. Louis Missouri has been fluoridated since 1955 and plans $23 million dental school clinic in St. Louis

Fluoridation was projected to put dentists out of business. But

"We definitely recognize there is a huge unmet need for dental schools and oral health care in the [St. Louis] area," Dr. Chris Halliday, inaugural dean of the dental school, said.                 The school expects to hire 61 staff members at the clinic. The average salary of the clinic staffers will be $32,000, according to Phelps. Grace Hill will run the clinic's daily operations with plans to bring in about 10 dentists to work at the clinic, according to Phelps.

Tooth or consequences: The costs of poor dental fitness - amednews.com

Tooth or consequences: The costs of poor dental fitness - amednews.com: A few years ago, an extremely sick, 2�-year-old boy came to the [fluoridated] Houston office of pediatrician Ray Wagner, MD, with a 105-degree temperature. The illness, which required five days of hospitalization and a course of intravenous antibiotics, got its start in an infected tooth; which, in turn, resulted from poor dental hygiene and a lack of dental care. Dr. Wagner, who was then an assistant professor at the University of Texas Medical School, decided to use this case as a hook for an educational session on oral health.

Despite fluoridation, dental needs are great

Survey finds half of Kentuckians lack dental insurance | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com: “In our urban area, dental care is a huge unmet need,” said Dr. Stephanie Poynter, dental director for Family Health Centers in Louisville. “We treat a lot of patients on an emergency basis.” In Kentucky, fluoridation is state-mandated.

Fluoridation Fails Chicago Kids

In fluoridated Chicago, 64 percent of third graders have experienced cavities and 36 percent have untreated cavities. Chicago is home to organized dentistry which spends millions of dollars and loads of political clout forcing fluoride into more people via the water supply when they could be using that money to fill the cavities of the children in their neighborhood. http://www.bridgetohealthysmiles.com/ISDSBrochure.pdf

Omitting dental benefit for kids a terrible mistake - The Denver Post

Omitting dental benefit for kids a terrible mistake - The Denver Post: •

Colorado is 70% fluoridated, yet:

 Dental disease is the No. 1 reason children are admitted to the operating room at the Children's Hospital Colorado.

• Dental disease is the No. 1 reason children in Colorado miss school.

• Dental disease costs the state more than $1 billion a year, according to estimates from the governor's office.

Dental ER visits on rise in Brevard, despite fluoridation

Dental ER visits on rise in Brevard | FLORIDA TODAY |despite fluoridation An analysis commissioned by the Florida Public Health Institute and conducted by the Health Council of Southeast Florida found more than 115,000 hospital emergency room visits in Florida could have been avoided through proper preventive and restorative dental care.

Most of Brevard, Florida is fluoridated

Children set to be targeted in a bid to boost dental health - DentistryIQ

Children set to be targeted in a bid to boost dental health - DentistryIQ: A DENTIST from [fluoridated] Solihull, is offering special children's clinics after having to treat "lots" of local youngsters for fillings before they even have adult teeth.

Satinder and Joanna Kelley, owners of Dickens Heath surgery, Heath Dental, said childhood cavities were such an issue, they were now offering foaming fluoride treatment Flairesse, to help repair cavities in youngsters' pearly whites.

7NEWS - A crowning achievement for kids' dental care - Staying Healthy Story

Demand for crowns is not likely to ebb. Despite the proliferation of fluoride and dental sealants over the years, tooth decay among children has proved a stubborn foe.
As recently as 2007, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report warned that tooth decay in baby teeth was increasing among children ages 2 to 5 years.
Tooth decay "remains a problem for some racial and ethnic groups, many of whom have more treated and untreated tooth decay compared with other groups," said Bruce Dye, an epidemiologist and lead author of the 2007 CDC report. In a separate report released in May 2012, Dye said 20 percent of American children ages 5 to 11 had untreated cavities.

7NEWS - A crowning achievement for kids' dental care - Staying Healthy Story

High Cavity Rate in a Fluoridated Population

Forty-eight percent of  2 1/2 - 3 1/2 year-olds have tooth decay in fluoridated Singapore. 

High caries prevalence and risk factors among young preschool children in an urban community with water fluoridation - Hong - 2013 - International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry - Wiley Online Library:

Dental problems a leading factor in school absences | KING5.com Seattle

Dental problems a leading factor in school absences | KING5.com Seattle: Tacoma’s Christensen Elementary averages 30 absent students a day. Tacoma, Washington, is fluoridated.

Tooth decay - the number one threat to kids’ health

Milwaukee Community Journal � WISCONSIN'S LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER � The number one threat to kids’ health: cavities have been on the rise in all income groups, as I’ve reported previously. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that tooth decay affects over one-fourth of two to five year-old children, and half of kids age 12 to 15.

How bad is the problem?

“Dental decay is the most common chronic childhood disease with more than 16 million kids suffering from untreated tooth decay in the U.S.,” Dental Trade Alliance Foundation CEO Gary Price said in a press release. He further added that kids miss more than 50 million hours of school (and parents lose 25 million hours of work) each week.

Wisconsin Gets High Grade for fluoridation and sealants; but has urgent dental needs

Wisconsin is among the five states in the country with the most extensive programs to place dental sealants - plastic coatings applied to the chewing surface of molars to prevent tooth decay - in children.  The state is 88% fluoridated.  Yet, about 7% of children screened have an urgent dental needs

 State among 5 with high grade on child dental sealants:

Dental issues have big effects in poor kids | The Columbus Dispatch

Dental issues have big effects in poor kids | The Columbus Dispatch: “Poverty is the underlying cause of both.”

It boils down to lack of access to fresh, healthful foods and to basic dental care.In [fluoridated] Columbus, as in other cities, the areas where many people live in poverty “don’t have large grocery stores. They have quick stops,” said Dr. Dennis McTigue, professor of pediatric dentistry at Ohio State University and spokesman for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.“Those places tend to sell processed, high-fat and high-carbohydrate food. When accessing healthy food is difficult, families end up eating the high-carb foods that cause obesity and cavities.”

Stopping the decay; Too many people in Appalachia suffer dental woes that start early and can last a lifetime - DentistryIQ

Ohio is 88% fluoridated. Yet, Too many people in Appalachia suffer dental woes that start early and can last a lifetime - DentistryIQ: "Some of the adult patients at the Southeastern Ohio Dental Clinic didn't see a dentist once during childhood. Children as young as 5 have had to have all their baby teeth pulled.

Patients in their 20s sometimes need dentures.

Often, the only thing that brings them there is pain that won't relent and keeps them from sleeping or working."

Fluoride Not Stopping Seattle's Cavity Crisis

Dental Practice Management: "We see a steady stream of patients coming into the emergency department with dental problems, most of which are not true emergencies," Brian Livingston, MD, vice president of medical affairs for Swedish Medical Center's First Hill campus in [fluoridated] Seattle, told the WDSF. "We can try to alleviate the pain, but we aren't dentists. We can't address the underlying problem or provide the vital preventive care that would significantly decrease the number of emergency dental visits."

 Since the 2011 Medicaid cuts, "we have provided much more emergency care," added Sarah Vander Beek, DMD, who treats low-income patients at Neighborcare Health's Rainier Beach Medical and Dental Clinic in South Seattle. "Unfortunately, we are treating dental disease when it's more advanced, complex, and expensive. What could have been a filling is now an extraction."

 “One of the most common calls I get ... comes from seniors who say, ‘I can't get dentures. How am I supposed to eat?’ ”

— Dianne Baum, Washington State
     Health Care Authority

Las Vegas Kids: lots of cavities despite fluoridation

Las Vegas, Nevada is fluoridated:

Wynn Elementary reaches kids' minds, and its health, dental clinic fixes bodies - News - ReviewJournal.com: Time after time, the school nurse refers pain-stricken children to a doctor or dentist but doubts their parents will take them.

"Many times, they don't," said Ellen Bordinhao, principal of Wynn Elementary School in a central Las Vegas neighborhood where 90 percent of students live in poverty and many are uninsured.

Dentist Steve DeLisle sees the proof of neglect in the gaping jaws of young patients.

"I've seen full-mouth decay," he said. "All 20 teeth with cavities."

He fixes all the cavities at once, putting patients under because the hours of drilling would traumatize children, who wouldn't have come to him if it weren't free.

Grand Rapids Dental Needs Great despite fluoridation

Grand Rapids was the first city to add fluoride chemicals into their residents via the water supply to stop tooth decay. Fluoridation began in Grand Rapids in 1945.  Today it's reported that dental needs are great.

   One-day clinic provides free dental care to seniors | MLive.com: “We are looking for more dentist, hygienists and great partners, like the Grand Rapids Community College Dental Clinic, to volunteer their services and expertise for events like this,” Kropiewnicki said. “There is a big need in our community and we are hopeful that volunteers will step up so we can expand these events and serve more seniors.”


Only about 20 percent of dentists accept Medicaid, so it is difficult to find ones accepting new patients, agency officials said.
“This population we are serving at Senior Dental Day often has complex dental issues due to the fact that they haven’t been to a dentist in some time and we needed to be sure they were preforming the necessary care ahead of time,” said event organizer Nancy Kropiewnicki.

Opinion: Pediatric dental health crucial to long-term success | Health Policy Solutions

Opinion: Pediatric dental health crucial to long-term success | Health Policy Solutions 

Colorado is 70% fluoridated. Yet, 60% of low income Kindergartners have tooth decay and   34% of higher income kindergarteners have tooth decay

40% of Singapore preschoolers suffer from severe tooth decay

Singapore is fluoridated - 40% of S'pore preschoolers suffer from severe tooth decay:

SINGAPORE - According to the National Dental Centre Singapore, about 40 per cent of preschool children in Singapore suffer from severe tooth decay.

This is largely caused by a bacterial infection known as Early Childhood Caries, also known as bottle rot, caused by sweetened liquids given and left clinging to an infant's teeth for long periods.

SDL to bring dentists to students? - News

SDL to bring dentists to students? - News: Lancaster, PA, is fluoridated: "About 20 percent of School District of Lancaster students are in need of dental work, based on health screenings conducted at district schools."

Thursday at 5pm - The ABC11 I-Team Investigates a chemical that is added to your water | Video | abc11.com

Thursday at 5pm - The ABC11 I-Team Investigates a chemical that is added to your water | Video | abc11.com

Teeth Rottingin Fluoridated Cleveland

Healthy smiles for Cleveland kids | wkyc.com

Issue 107: Healthy smiles for Cleveland kids | wkyc.com: There's a desperate need for dental care  in Cleveland despite being fluoridated.

A bad tooth can kill you and they see kids where they're beyond pain, the tooth is actually rotted down to the quick, the roots are gone in the tooth and we're talking second grade.

Dental charity not a permanent solution � Your View � The Free Press, Mankato, MN

Fluoridation is state mandated in Milwaukee where a weekend dental charity event provided $1.3 million in dental treatment , resulting in 1,489 fillings, 1,307 extractions, and 111 partial dentures.

Dental charity not a permanent solution � Your View � The Free Press, Mankato, MN:

Pediatric cavities reach an all-time high | The-Dispatch.com

Pediatric cavities reach an all-time high | The-Dispatch.com: The research is confirmed by dentist Dr. Jerry Laws, who has practiced in fluoridated Lexington, NC, since 1977.

"We are seeing that more than we used to. There are several causes, and it is preventable."

Cost, lack of dentists bar Va. residents from dental care | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Cost, lack of dentists bar Va. residents from dental care | Richmond Times-DispatchCHARLOTTESVILLE --
Despite being 96% fluoridated, many Virginians don't have access to dental care because of costs and a lack of dentists, according to a new study by two University of Virginia economists.

Cost is the greatest barrier. Those least likely to visit a dentist are low-income residents without insurance or who have low-cost public health care. Virginia's Medicaid program generally limits dental care for low-income adults to emergency services, the study said.

There also are racial and geographical disparities in access to care.

Hundreds get free health care on Day 1 of SC Mission - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Hundreds get free health care on Day 1 of SC Mission where 87% of the water is fluoridated: The dental effort in the Cantey Building was the busiest section, an indication of how many people don’t have dental insurance. Before the gates opened at about 5:30 a.m., the line for dental care stretched completely across the huge fairgrounds parking lot Dental officials planned to treat about 900 patients by the time the program was shut down at 6 p.m. Friday. Those who couldn’t be seen Friday would be given vouchers to put them at the front of the line today, when the effort continues from 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Another 600 should be able to get dental care today.  At the group’s Dental Access Days in Florence last summer, they had to turn away about 2,000 people.

Tooth decay bigger issue than asthma - The West Australian

    Tooth decay bigger issue than asthma - Although Australia has been fluoridated for decades, "Tooth decay is an epidemic in Australia and more than 30 per cent of people only brush their teeth once a day, according to the Australian Dental Association."

Sherwood, Illinois, kids teeth are rotting despite fluoridation

Sweet tooth trouble: More cavities being seen in younger kids - Joliet Herald News

Fluoridation is state mandated in Illinois. Dr. Gina Mueller, a Shorewood dentist, said she’s not surprised when she sees young children coming in her office with six or eight or even a dozen cavities. It seems like the past few years, she said, it’s becoming more common for toddlers to develop a mouth-ful of cavities even before their first dental checkup.

“It’s almost more surprising to see a kid without cavities,” she said.

Her fellow dentists at Shorewood Family Dental Center say they are observing the same trend, and they are not alone.

Kids' Teeth Rotting in fluoridated Lebanon, New Hampshire

Valley News ~ Full Story: [fluoridated] Lebanon, NH -- When Dr. Dianna Baker tells kids to open up and say “ah,” she's rarely surprised to see at least one rotting tooth.

Often, it's worse. She's seen children, most of them under the age of 5, who needed general anesthesia before getting teeth pulled. She's seen kids go to the hospital emergency room because their mouths were causing them so much pain.

Baker isn't a dentist; she's a pediatric resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. But the problems she's seen in her patients’ mouths have convinced her that oral health cannot be left to the dentistry profession alone to address.

Veterans Lack Dental Care

Dentists stand up for veterans at Stand Down in San Diego - latimes.com: In recent years, dental care has become increasingly important. Some 379 teeth were pulled by Navy and civilian dentists this year. Many of the veterans had gone years without dental care, living with the pain of rotten teeth, often unable to eat.