Hey everyone - Today we will talking about a few child disparities but there was ONE that was very shocking to our group that we don't have time to talk about today.
The article is linked below but the main point is that minority children have extremely high cavity rates compared to white children. Apparently cavities can be almost completely eliminated if water is fluoridated:
"Water fluoridation is the most effective measure in preventing caries, but only 62% of water supplies are fluoridated, and lack of fluoridation may disproportionately affect poor and minority children."
It was shocking to our group that 62% of water supplies are NOT fluoridated - that is a simple and relatively cheap solution to the problem. This is a solution that even us as medical students could help initiate and could save millions of dollars of dental care later.
Full Article:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/284/20/2625
Brush your teeth!!
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