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In-school dental care helps maintain healthy smiles
MANKATO — Families living on a tight budget can face difficulties getting their children the dental care they need. Even if they have insurance, a trip to the dentist’s office could pull the parent away from their job and the child out of class. With those barriers in mind, dental professionals have been bringing free […]
United States, Minnesota -
NYS DOH Fluoridation Grants for 2015-2016: Announcement
Fluoridation Funding Opportunities Announcement from the New York State Department of Health The New York State Department of Health has released two funding opportunities to support counties, cities, towns, or villages (municipalities), which own their public water system, for costs related to the construction, installation, repair, replacement, or upgrade of fluoride equipment in drinking water […]
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‘Sometimes it is half the mouth being taken out’ – Darlington consultant says children as young as 4 having rotten teeth removed
A HOSPITAL consultant says it is a disgrace that the NHS is footing the bill to remove rotten teeth from children aged as young as four. Dr John Furness, a consultant paediatrician based at Darlington Memorial Hospital, said weekly ‘extraction’ clinics were taking place at locations including Bishop Auckland and North Tees, Stockton, where youngsters […]
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Aquakraft’s ‘Swachhagraha’ movement ensures clean drinking water, safe sanitation
Sometime in 2002, a close friend of mine, Dr Vulimiri Jagdish, former Senior Public Health Specialist from the World Bank, introduced me to Dr Timothy Badger from Boston, USA, who had patents in water filtration technologies. Dr Badger was very passionate about doing work in India and wanted a partner. It was then that I […]
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Calgary group urges voters to elect pro-fluoridation candidates
A group of citizens who support adding fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water are urging voters to elect candidates who will work to reinstate fluoridation. Members of the pro-fluoridation group Calgarians for Kids’ Health are gathering in the city’s northwest on Monday to discuss the topic. The group is comprised of dental and pediatric specialists, parents […]
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Citizen group wants water fluoridation to be election issue in Calgary
Calgarians voted to add fluoride to the city’s water in 1989, council voted to remove it in 2011 A Calgary citizens group is working to make putting fluoride back in the city’s drinking water a civic election issue. Members of Calgarians For Kids Health — which they say is made up of dental and pediatric […]
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Water to be provided to Fluoride-hit areas soon
HYDERABAD: Amid talk of possible bypoll to Nalgonda Lok Sabha segment as the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is said to be considering this bypoll option to test waters to know about his government’s popularity among people, the state government has decided to expedite Mission Bhagiratha works to provide potable water to the fluoride-hit Devarakonda […]
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High fluoride levels in pregnancy may lower offspring IQ
Drinking water and brushing our teeth are daily activities that we tend to do without thinking. But for expectant mothers, these seemingly harmless actions could have unintended consequences for offspring. A new study suggests that children exposed to high levels of fluoride in utero may be less intelligent than those exposed to lower levels. Principal investigator […]
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Port Angeles: Water fluoridation foes file complaint with state
PORT ANGELES — A complaint to the state Public Disclosure Commission by Sequim-based Protect the Peninsula’s Future challenges Clallam County Health and Human Services over its participation in creating an oral health brochure produced by the Arcora Foundation, formerly the Washington Dental Service Foundation. The environmental group claims the county agency and Arcora violated PDC […]
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Potsdam: Local dentists express support for water fluoridation
POTSDAM — The village’s proposal to end fluoridation has drawn criticism from local and non-local dentists. “The most vulnerable are the ones that benefit the most from fluoridation,” said Lee H. Akin, a surgeon at North Country Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Potsdam. He also serves as the president of the local dental society, which […]
United States, New York