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---WISCONSIN is 89% fluoridation
"The need right now is so great for doing emergency and basic care that in 2005, that will be the major emphasis ' to try to see as many patients as we can,' she said. 'People who haven't seen a dentist in years are coming and their dental needs are so great.'"
Post Crescent, Demand strong for dental care to poor, 11/8/04 http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_18516350.shtml
---CRAIG, COLORADO, is fluoridated to 1 part per million (1 ppm)
"Of the nearly 1,000 students who underwent dental screenings in October, 144 were referred to immediate full-scale services because they showed visible decay. 'What concerns me the most is this is just visible decay,' Northwest Colorado Dental Coalition Director Debbie Harmon said. 'There are more forms (of decay) that can be found with X-rays. This is real serious."
"Many are either insured by Medicaid, which no dentist in Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, Grand or Jackson counties will accept, or they're not insured at all."
Craig Daily Press"Health Checks Lead To 161 Referrals," 11/5/04 http://www.craigdailypress.com/section/localnews/story/14533
---FORT WORTH, TEXAS, is fluoridated:
"A Fort Worth dentist, who also asked not to be identified, said that many patients who have experience with high-volume clinics such as South Texas “come in my door crying and terrified. ... The mothers told me the kids would be at the clinic for seven or eight hours having multiple procedures all on one day, often done without sedation, with the kids strapped down.” The results were “very traumatic.” "Those who do qualify for Medicaid are finding it harder and harder to locate a dentist willing to see them. In (fluoridated) TARRANT COUNTY alone, 90,000 children qualify for Medicaid dental care according to the Texas Department of Health, but only 83 dental providers here participate, down from 520 four years ago...The situation for poor families in Tarrant County needing dental care, he said, is �desperate and dire.'"
Fort Worth Weekly "Dental Anguish: Texas’ high-volume clinics produce horror stories — but at least they’re serving clients," 11/3/04
http://www.fwweekly.com/issues/2004-11-03/feature.asp
---PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, is fluoridated
"The lack of access to a dentist and dental health insurance is said to be a bigger problem. Dr. Maged Khedr, dentist: 'The worst cases that we've seen is dental infections related to delay in treatment.' Dentists say delayed treatment means 52 percent of all children experience tooth decay before the age of 8. That figure jumps to 78 percent at age 17. The majority are low-income children."
The Pittsburgh Channel "Healthcast: Low-Income Dental Options," first aired 10/29/04
---SANTA CLARITA in LOS ANGELES county is fluoridated
"'It opens your eyes to the dental care needed out there,'Ho said."
" The Foundation for Children's Dental Health was started locally in 1994 by people who saw children suffering from lack of dental care"
Los Angeles Daily News "Dentists Offer Free Care," 10/22/04 http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:offM2rJK4BAJ:www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20949~2485899,00.html+%27It+opens+your+eyes+to+the+dental+care+needed+out+there,%27Ho+said&hl=en
---VIRGINIA is 94% fluoridated:
"At the Peninsula Christian Free Clinic in Newport News - one of the few places offering free dental care - 70 percent of patients come to see a dentist rather than a doctor, said Scott Golrich, the clinic's dental director. Many have teeth rotted to the gums and tartar buildup a half-inch thick, he said. One patient had poured glue on her decaying teeth to fight pain. Groups that try to fill the gaps are overwhelmed. The Peninsula Institute for Community Health, which offers low-cost dental services in Newport News, has had to close to new patients several times, said Edwina Gary, the institute's chief executive officer. The clinic gets 250 to 300 visits a month, and lab work and equipment are expensive."
The Daily Press
http://dentist.tradeworlds.com/pages_5512.html
---ILLINOIS requires all water supplies be fluoridated:
"Ann Boyle, dean of the School of Dental Medicine, said many people would be shocked if they realized the seriousness of the problem with youth tooth decay." in The Telegraph, 10/16/04, "Quinn touts state's new law on dental exams for kids," by Krupa
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13154070&BRD=1719&PAG=461&dept_id=25271&rfi=6
--- ROCHESTER, NY, is fluoridated "Dentists report cases of prolonged, severe tooth pain and swelling among Rochester's poor - cases that, left untreated, could result in worse health problems, such as infections and loss of teeth."
"Dental care is luxury for many locals," 10/02/04 by Cynthia Benjamin, Staff writer, Democrat and Chronicle http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041002/NEWS01/410020317/1002/NEWS
--- The UNITED STATES is 70% fluoridated ""Across the country, an estimated 4 to 5 million children have dental problems severe enough to wake up with a toothache or fail to sleep because of one" Norwich Bulletin --- OKLAHOMA is 75% fluoridated "Young Oklahomans are facing a growing health hazard most of us wouldn't expect these days: rotting teeth."
http://www.kfor.com/global/story.asp?s=2358745&ClientType=Printable
--- BOSTON, Massachusettes, is fluoridated
"A recent study by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children found that a quarter of the state's third-graders have untreated tooth decay. This is even more common among the nearly 95,000 children in Boston on MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, which covers health-care costs for low-income residents. Of third-graders on MassHealth, the study said 40 percent have untreated decay, with 16 percent in need of immediate care."
"Clinics gritting their teeth. Budget woes force dental service cuts," by Matthew Swehla, Boston Globe Correspondent, September 26, 2004
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/09/26/clinics_gritting_their_teeth/
--- FORT WORTH, Texas, is fluoridated:
"In Fort Worth, an agency providing 'last resort' funding for children's emergency dental treatment had a 400 percent increase in patients in the past year." Star Telegram --- NEW MEXICO is 77% fluoridated) - "Governor Richardson has created the Governor's Oral Health Council to combat what he says is a crisis in dental health care" 8/2004 http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=13358&cat=NMTOPSTORIES
---SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENESSEE is fluoridated "50 percent of the children seen in that (school) program need dental care, Mayes said. " http://www.timesnews.net 8/2004
---ILLINOIS (fluoridation statewide) 54% of children had caries in primary or permanent teeth, and 23% had caries in permanent teeth. Another finding indicated that 38% of 6-8 year olds had untreated dental caries and 30% of 15 year olds had untreated dental caries."
---OHIO (88% fluoridated) -Six years after the Ohio Department of Health said the biggest health care need for Ohioans was dental care; low income patients still have trouble getting proper treatment officials say. " http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/08/23/loc_loc1ohdent.html (8/2004)
---SAN FRANCISCO, fluoridated since 1954: "50 percent of San Francisco's elementary school children need dental care, said Howard Pollick, DDS, a clinical professor at the UCSF School of dentistry" http://www.deltadentalca.org/news/sf_kids.html (1/2002)
---NORWICH, CONNECTICUT is fluoridated. "'Thirty-five percent of the children we saw in Norwich had active decay," said Pamela Kilbey Fox, director of health and social services for New London. "That's really significant for a disease that's entirely preventable."" http://www.theday.com/eng/web/store/itm.aspx?re=03c1e2e9-fb5f-4423-b470-d3dc0cfcea0c&itm=art
---AUSTRALIA " For the first time in many years, dentists are seeing a rise in tooth decay, particularly in children and people in their 20s." (Nearly two thirds of the Australian population resides in an area with adjusted levels of fluoride in the water supply) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/08/1089000262813.html
--- PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, is fluoridated. "Pittsburgh dentist Peter Masterson is seeing an alarming increase in horribly decayed teeth and eroded enamel in the mouths of teen-agers and young adults, and he's not alone. His colleagues across the country are seeing the same thing" http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20010904hsoda0904p4.asp
--- FREDERICSBURG, Virginia, is fluoridated "'The children I'm treating are where the average population was 30 or 40 years ago,' she said. Dr. Wetherington said it's not unusual to diagnose a first-grader who needs a root canal or to treat a 9- or 10-year-old who's never visited a dentist." (Fredericksburg, Virginia is fluoridated) http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2004/052004/05062004/1350129
---GREELEY, COLORADO, is fluoridated. In one day "72,000 teeth examined
"15,000 cavities treated with fillings"
"in 2700 children"
http://www.greeleytrib.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040425/NEWS/104250047
---"The state of ARKANSAS (60% fluoridated) children's dental health is in crisis and needs immediate attention" http://www.jonesborosun.com/archivedstory.asp?ID=9010
---TOPEKA, KANSAS, has been fluoridated for over 43 years --- "Still, the dental van does catch serious problems. Last year in Shawnee County, 55 percent of the more than 1,780 children screened were found to have fair to poor oral health. Nearly 200 had problems that needed immediate or emergency care" http://www.cjonline.com/stories/041304/loc_dentalvan.shtml
--- Fluoridation is state-mandated in ILLINOIS --- "Dental disease in Illinois students has reached epidemic proportions" http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040419/dcmv003_1.html "Oral Health America announced the results of a survey of Cook County (ILLINOIS) dentists that found three out of four of them turn away patients covered under Medicaid and Illinois KidCare insurance programs." http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0404220186apr22,1,1279605.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed
--- KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, is fluoridated --- "The proportion of all children with evidence of Type I ECC (early childhood cavities) was high (31.5%)," http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15022522
--- DENVER, COLORADO is fluoridated --- Smith estimates that his practice treats up to 300 cases of what dentists calls "Early Childhood Caries" a year. Last year, Children's Hospital did 2,100 dental surgeries, many of which stemmed from the condition, Smith said. http://www.denverpost.com/framework/0,1413,36~53~2079951,00.html
--- (Fluoridated)MARION COUNTY(INDIANA) children visit the dentist above national standards, they also have above average rates of cavities and other dental decay. http://www.hhcorp.org/pr04/pr_040904b.htm
---Tooth decay among (75% fluoridated) OKLAHOMA youngsters is a "silent epidemic." Nearly 70 percent of third-graders have at least one permanent or primary tooth decayed, missing or filled.
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=1187970&TP=getarticle
---Oral health for poor children remains a terrible problem in (fluoridated) CINCINNATI - kids with untreated decay come to school with throbbing toothaches and bleeding gums - but the situation is worse in KENTUCKY (96% fluoridated).
The University of KENTUCKY recently found that 57 percent of third- and sixth- grade students had fillings or tooth decay, and that 31 percent needed treatment. Both rates are twice the national average. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/02/02/loc_loc1aseal.html
--- "two out of every three children in WEST PHILLY (fluoridated) have at least one area of untreated tooth decay, a figure well above the national average, " http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/7897766.htm
--- DETROIT Black children from (fluoridated) Detroit's poorest families have among the worst teeth of any group of children in the nation, according to a recent study by professors at the University of Michigan http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/7521679.htm
--- Two-thirds of elementary school chldren and thirty-three percent of preschoolers, living in SAN FRANCISCO, fluoridated since 1954, had cavities, many untreated, according to a 1996/97 survey revealing cavity prevalence in San Francisco is similar to the rest of California, mostly non-fluoridated at the time of the survey. http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/Reports/98ChildHealth/oralhe~1.pdf
--- In a study by the University of MARYLAND Baltimore, 53.7 percent of the region's school-age children had some form of untreated dental decay during the 2000- 2001 school year. The state average is 41.6 percent, and the national average is even lower, at 23.1 percent.According to the CDC, Maryland is 90.7 percent fluoridated. http://www.dailytimesonline.com/news/stories/20030822/localnews/107397.html ---“Are Cavity Rates Rising,” Delta Dental http://www.deltanj.com/kids_club/news_wisdom_1002.shtml#6
---NBC ARKANSAS News Report http://www.arkansasnbc.com/weeklys/parenting/apr02/index.shtml “Are the amount of cavities rising in children?”
---University of ROCHESTER, NY, News Release “Dental cavities on the rise again; back to 'drill and fill'“ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-04/UoR-Dcot-0704100.php
---“Rise in tooth decay may be tied to sugary pop, sports drinks and even bottled water,” SEATTLE Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/134458074_cavity21.html
---“Early Childhood Tooth Decay,” by Stephen R. Branam, D.D.S http://www.drbranam.com/pgeArticle_Early.htm
---“Special Report: CINCINNATI's dental crisis,” http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/10/06/loc_special_report.html
---The Wall Street Journal, “Health Journal: As kids' cavities rise, some dentists advocate using tooth sealants,” Tara Parker-Pope, March 8, 2002
Newspaper and other articles reporting rampant tooth decay in fluoridated areas: -- 83% fluoridation WESTERN AUSTRALIA (where children’s dental care is free) "the end of the 1990s saw a period of increasing decay scores across all age groups. This was most evident for 5-year-olds who, between 1996 and 1999, experienced a 21.7% increase in recorded decay. (The Child Dental Health Survey, 1999 published in 2003) http://www.adelaide.edu.au/spdent/dsru/data_frame.html
-- DETROIT, Michigan, fluoridated since 1967 “describes one visit to a metro Detroit school where the majority of the children she treated had ‘at least 10 cavities.’” http://www.freep.com/news/health/dent20_20010220.htm
--Fluoridated Water Not Preventing Rampant Decay Among SOUTHBRIDGE, (MASSACHUSETTES) Poor http://www.fluoridealert.org/news/705.html
-- Dental Health Crisis in Fluoridated MIAMI DADE and BROWARD COUNTIES, FLORIDA http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2002/03/12/entertainment/2840646.htm
--88.8% fluoridated CONNECTICUT has an oral health epidemic: http://www.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/CTvoices/kidslink/kidslink2/health/texts/jshaw72400.html
-- Fluoridated since 1983 “...in BLADEN COUNTY (NC) about 32 percent of kindergarten children screened have untreated tooth decay... ”http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2713951&BRD=1118&PAG=461&dept_id=92165&rfi=6
-- Oral health crisis in 100% fluoridated KENTUCKY 11/26/01 reported by the Associated Press http://www.fluoridealert.org/news/734.html
-- Tooth decay the least of huge problems in poor children in fluoridated MARION, South Carolina http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/2930943.htm
-- Children in fluoridated WASHINGTON DC, age 6, have five or six teeth with cavities http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A38732-2002Mar4¬Found=true
-- "Poor diet is the single biggest culprit in cavities..." Finally, the truth in an article that tells us again that tooth decay is rampant in a fluoridated city - this time in PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20020402hclinic5.asp
-- New York City 100% fluoridated since about 1965 “Bleeding gums, impacted teeth, rotting teeth are routine matters in the children....Children get used to feeling the constant pain. They go to sleep with it. They go to school with it....The gradual attrition of accepted pain erodes energy and aspiration.” Jonathan Kozol 1991. Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools. quoted in Oral Disease: A Crisis among Children of Poverty http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/ohcrisis598.pdf
-- Despite decades of water fluoridation in Aiken County, SOUTH CAROLINA, "We haven't made a significant dent in the rate of dental disease in the 0-3 age group in the past 20 years...” http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/042102/met_201-3191.000.shtml
-- Dentists Rebuff Needy Clients http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=042002&ID=s1134820 Children in PULLMAN, Washington, fluoridated since 1956, have loads of tooth decay
* In CONNECTICUT, 88.8% fluoridated for decades, cavity rates increased -- average number of decayed, missing, or filled tooth surfaces (dmfs) increased from 2.8 to 3.0 and average dmfs in cavity-positive children increased substantially from 5.7 to 7.9, recently reported (1) by Connecticut Dentists.
* In fluoridated NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, despite 50 years of fluoridation, many children have more cavities than never-fluoridated Kingston, New York, according to a New York State Department of Health study (2).
* A FLORIDA fluoridated county -- Three- to five-year olds studied averaged 3.05 to 4.05 dmfs (4). (Children have 128 tooth surfaces, in 28 teeth. So, dmfs is a more sensitive cavity counter than dmft. Some teeth have five surfaces.)
* Non-fluoridated LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, second-graders are more cavity-free than nationally (5) ranging from no cavities to 0.6 dmfs in 1987-88.
* NEW YORK CITY, fluoridated for decades, 7-8 year-olds averaged 2.43 to 3.14 dft (decayed, filled primary teeth) 1993, according to "Dispelling the Myth that 50 Percent of US Schoolchildren Have Never Had a Cavity," by dentists Edelstein and Douglass (6).
* Edelstein and Douglass cite studies that show: 1. CALIFORNIA, the fluoridated parts -- 4.80 dfs in a group of 3- to 5-year olds -- 1990. 2. Fluoridated NORTH CAROLINA -- peak rates of 5.3 for 9-year-old males and 4.7 for 8-year-old females -- 1990 3. Fluoridated TENNESSEE -- Peak rates of 7.26 dfs and 2.61 dft at age 7
* Fluoridated TENNESSEE -- five- to eleven-year-olds averaged 6.94 dfs (7)
* Fluoridated IOWA -- low socioeconomic 8-year-olds 4.0 dfs (8)
(1) “Elements of effective action to improve oral health & access to dental care for CONNECTICUT’s Children & Families,” by James J. Crall, DDS and Burton L. Edelstein, DDS, Date: 2001 or 2002 http://www.cthealth.org/site/oralhealth/bgroundmat/environscan.pdf Beginning of report: http://www.cthealth.org/site/oralhealth/oralhealthsum.pdf
(2) Figure 1, Page 41, "Recommendations for Fluoride Use in children" NYS Dental Journal, February 1998 by dentists Kumar and Green. “More Fluoride - More Cavities,” http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof/_pgg2.php3
(3) World Health Organization data: http://www.whocollab.od.mah.se/amro.html and “Trends in Total Caries Experience: Permanent and Primary Teeth, “ Journal of the American Dental Association, Brown, et al, February 2002 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10680391&dopt=Abstract
(4) “Assessing the effect of fluoride varnish on early enamel carious lesions in the primary dentition,” Journal of the American Dental Association, September 2001, Autio-Gold JT, et al
(5) Page four of ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT - FAMILY HEALTH http://wings.buffalo.edu/wny/health/den.pdf
(6) Public Health Reports 1995 by Burton L. Edelstein, DDS, MPH and Chester W. Douglass, DDS, PhD, September/October , Vol 110
(7) “Community Fluoridation Status and Caries Experience in Children,” Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Summer 2001
(8) “Results of the 1999 IOWA Oral Health Survey,” by Arjes, et al http://www.idph.state.ia.us/fch/dental/1999_oral_survey.pdf
(11) British Medical Journal, Letter from Irish Dentist Don MacAuley, Water fluoridation is a medical and dental controversy. 19 November 2000 http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7271/1287/a#10887
(12) “Prevalence and trends in enamel fluorosis in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s,” Journal of the American Dental Association, February 2002 by Beltran-Aguilar ED et al, and http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=6264
(13) The Wall Street Journal, “Health Journal: As kids' cavities rise, some dentists advocate using tooth sealants,” Tara Parker-Pope, March 8, 2002
(14) Public Health Nutrition 4(2B), 569-591 2001“Dietary Effects on Dental Diseases,” by Sheiham http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11683551&dopt=Abstract
