"Tooth decay can begin very early in a child’s life. If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds."
#PublicHealth #OralHealth #dental #tooth #ToothDecay #fluoride #ChildrensHealth #medicaid #CDC
@bich another big factor in youth with shitty teeth: malnutrition. It pays back many years down the road, but it's a factor. So, next they'll cut food stamps more so kids and young adults have to live on whatever they can afford at the dollar store.
I grew up on well water at home, but at least the stuff at school was fluoridated.
@bich “In just eight years after fluoridation ended in 2011, the need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700 per cent at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.”
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-plan-to-reintroduce-fluoride-into-drinking-water-pushed-back-to-2025-1.6845098
@bich yup. I foolishly assumed our drinking water had fluoride in it, since we live in Olympia area of Washington. But no. Apparently not.
All 3 of my kids had huge dental issues costing me over $15,000. It's wild. I grew up in the 80s with fluoride in the water and never had a single cavity until I was like 42
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