A Visit to the Dentist Pediatric Specialist Can Take Stress Out of Child's Trip to the Chair
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) › March 06, 2009
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A recent study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed an alarming statistic: While the incidence of tooth decay decreased among youths, adolescents and adults between 1988 and 2004, the rate during that period increased to 24 percent among young children.
That trend marks a departure from the federal government's Healthy People 2010 program's goal of an 11 percent tooth-decay rate in that age group by 2010.See the full content of this document
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A Visit to the Dentist Pediatric Specialist Can Take Stress Out of Child's Trip to the Chair
Dr. David Miller, a pediatric dentist in Newburgh, said that by the age of 1, 15 percent of children will have one cavity. By age 2, that number increases to 50 percent.
He cites two major causes of increased tooth decay in infants and toddlers: allow...See the full content of this document
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