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Xylitol, the good sugar, is endorsed by the Arizona State Dental Hygienists’ Association (ASDHA)...
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ECC Epidemic
Are you missing the diagnosis of the most common chronic disease of childhood?
Contemporary Pediatrics, Sep 1, 2008
Several years ago, I had one of those pediatric wake-up calls that scared me. I was attending to the care of a 2 1/2-year-old child with Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome. He lived in a lowincome family, and temporarily had fallen through the health insurance safety net. For some reason, his Medicaid insurance had lapsed, and here he was in my office appearing very ill with a temperature of 40° C (104° F). His left maxillary area was quite swollen and dusky red. I looked in his mouth, and not surprisingly, found an infected first left upper molar surrounded by a very erythematous gingiva. His teeth were riddled with cavities...
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URL: Contemporary Pediatrics
Too much sugar in young children's diets, government study
suggests
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 5:02 p.m. MT April 30, 2007
ATLANTA - Tooth decay in young children's
baby teeth is on the rise, a worrying trend that signals the
preschool crowd is eating too much sugar, according to the largest
government study of the nation's dental health in more than 25
years.
Experts are concerned about the prevalence
of cavities in baby teeth of children ages 2 to 5. It increased to
28 percent in 1999-2004, from 24 percent in 1988-1994, according to
the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the last 40 years there had been a
decrease in the amount of tooth decay in young children, based on
federal health statistics. Other studies have suggested the decline
might have ended, but the new report contains the first
statistically significant proof the trend has reversed, dental
experts said...
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18395089/
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MSNBC.com Cavities increasing
in baby teeth