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Fluoride is lacking where it’s most needed
By one measure, Alabama is doing pretty well on the dental front: More than 80 percent of Alabamians drink water with plenty of fluoride in it. That’s well above the national average, and better than most Southern states. But that percentage is misleading. It’s high because the most heavily populated areas have water with added […]
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Forgotten teeth: The elderly and the disabled
Searcy Hospital, the state-run mental facility in north Mobile County, has a dentist and two hygienists on staff. They provide regular checkups, cleanings, extractions and other work, said Melanie Beasley, spokeswoman for the state Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. At centers for developmentally disabled and retarded adults around the state, including the Albert […]
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The platinum age of dentistry
The economy remains reasonably good, more people than ever have dental insurance and cosmetic dentistry has caught on with the middle class. Most Alabama dentists are as busy as they want to be. “You can call this the platinum age of dentistry,” said Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto, dean of the dental school at the University […]
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The Dental Divide
One day this past March, Paul and Leeann Houston put their year-old daughter Haley into the car for a trip to the dentist. A rotten tooth was making her miserable and stunting her appetite. Unfortunately, the trip took five hours. That’s because they were driving from Mobile to a dental clinic at the University of […]
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Many Alabama dentists simply refuse to accept Medicaid patients
In his own polite way, Dr. Michael Dasinger is quick to cuss Medicaid. He’s the only dentist in the South Alabama town of Brewton who treats children covered by Medicaid, a government health insurance program for the poor. But more than once he has almost quit out of frustration with low reimbursement rates, claims processing […]
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Poll: State should help to add dentists
Three out of four Alabamians favor spending state funds to put more dentists in county health clinics so poor children can receive adequate dental care, according to a new Mobile Register-University of South Alabama poll. “That’s a beautiful figure,” said Burt Edelstein, director of the Children’s Dental Health Project, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group. U.S. […]
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Fluoridation begins in Manchester
MANCHESTER (AP) – Fluoride will be dripping into city water starting this week, but opponents still are trying to freeze the flow. City voters approved adding fluoride to drinking water by a 700-vote margin last year. After obtaining all the necessary permits and testing the system for glitches, the Manchester Water Works expects to begin […]
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Aluminum Fluoride: “A High Health Research Priority”
Excerpt: Dietary supplements, drinking water contaminants, and pharmaceutical agents make up the largest group of substances recently nominated by an advisory panel for testing by the National Toxicology Program, according to a notice set for publication Dec. 4. The Federal Register notice invites comments on the 18 groups of nominated substances as well as recommended […]
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Escambia board votes to halt fluoridation
PENSACOLA — (AP) — Two newly elected members of a utility board have put fluoridation on hold in Escambia County, one of the few metropolitan areas that does not add the chemical to its drinking water. The Escambia County Utilities Authority voted, 3-2, Thursday to halt the project. The new members tilted the scales against […]
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Shawano Votes No to Fluoridation
SHAWANO — The numbers changed slightly during a recount of ballots for an advisory referendum on water fluoridation in the city, but it didn’t change the results. After recounting the ballots Thursday, Shawano Clerk-Treasurer Marlene Brath said there were 1,501 no votes to 1,489 yes votes, a difference of 12 votes. Initially there had been […]
United States, Wisconsin
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