Fwd: 100% Fluoridated Kentucky

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arnoldgore

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:34:27 EDT

Subj: 100% fluoridated Kentucky

 

 

9/25/2003 9:34:38 AM Eastern Standard Time

 

47% of Kentucky children aged 2 - 5 years old have early childhood cavities,

(31% had severe early childhood caries) according to the abstract below. To

compare, the baseline for " Healthy People 2010 " is 18% (from national data

collected 1988-1994) with a target rate of 11% in children aged 2-4 years of age

by 2010. And, of course, to be achieved partially by increased water

fluoridation. Damn the studies; full speed ahead!

 

 

Pediatr Dent. 2003 Jul-Aug;25(4):365-72.

 

 

The 2001 Kentucky Childrens Oral Health Survey: findings for children ages 24 to

59 months and their caregivers.

 

Hardison JD, Cecil JC, White JA, Manz M, Mullins MR, Ferretti GA.

 

Division of Dental Public Health, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky,

Lexington, Ky, USA.

 

PURPOSE: This study was performed to provide a 2001 benchmark of oral health

status of children in Kentucky with a comparison to the most recent state (1987)

and national surveys. METHODS: Using Basic Screening Survey protocols for visual

screenings, a sample of 572 children ages 24 to 59 months was screened in health

department clinics and physicians' and pediatric dentists' offices across

Kentucky after caregivers completed a questionnaire. Screeners were provided

modified Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors training

materials. Analyses on the sample and population estimates were done with SAS

and SUDAAN software. This weighted population estimate analysis is based on the

assumption that sampled children at participating sites are representative of

other children at that site, as well as children at refusing sites. RESULTS:

Sample data and adjusted population estimates closely approximated each other.

Population estimates indicated that 43% had untreated caries,

47% had caries experience (early childhood caries), and 31% had severe early

childhood caries. Thirty-seven percent of the children needed early care, 9%

needed urgent care, 39% had never been to the dentist, 44% had a history of " bad

bottle behaviors, " and 35% of the parents had not been to the dentist within the

last year. CONCLUSIONS: Dental caries is a major health and early childhood

development problem in high-risk preschool children in Kentucky.

 

PMID: 13678102 [PubMed - in process]

Kentucky even has an oral health curriculum followed in the schools

http://chs.ky.gov/publichealth/Programs/dental/dental-book.pdf

 

One Kentucky dentist who knows what's right

" And there are few resources available to help them, she added. The long-term

goal, in addition to taking care of cavities and the like, is to " actually get

people to have overall better health, " she said.

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2003/09/25in/met-front-dental0925-6168.\

html

 

 

CK

New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

http://tinyurl.com/ad9k

 

Fluoride Action Network

http://www.fluoridealert.org

 

 

 

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