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Title: See the Dentist By Age 1?
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URL Source: http://boards.medscape.com/forums?1 ... 7lUaa4bdZm@.2a2f2766!comment=1
Published: Feb 6, 2012
Author: Margaret Scarlett
Post Date: 2012-02-07 03:10:22 by Tatarewicz
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Comments: 1

Read Medscape's article on school performance and oral health. After reading this, I wondered if pediatricians who are doing oral exams and fluoride varnishes is a good idea. In 2000, the Surgeon General's report, Oral Health in America, cited historical data that over 51 million school hours were lost each year due to dental problems. it is probably more know and here's why. More recently, data from CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reported the growing epidemic of caries among young children, aged 2-5, especially minority children. Perhaps the answer for a cavity-free generation is for more dentists to see children at a young age. The nation's oral health research agency, including through a network of dental practices, is the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Last June, NIDCR released a new fact sheet on how to help parents of young children prevent dental caries. Go to www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHea...althyMouthforYourBaby.htm

The fact sheet states that young children should be seen by age one. After reading this, I wonder how many dentists are comfortable seeing children at age one? If you are one of those dentists, where did you get your training to treat young children? If you are not, what would you need to be trained? Tell Medscape your perspectives about dentists, and pediatricians, treating young children.

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Disclosure: Margaret Scarlett, DMD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: Received research grant from: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Have a 5% or greater equity interest in: SCI Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Georgia Pacific; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; American Dental Association Foundation; Hager Worldwide Margaret Scarlett A noted clinician, scientist and lecturer, Dr. Margaret Scarlett is passionate about the ongoing contribution of science to today's dental practice. Retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Scarlett's government career began with authoring the CDC's first infection control guidelines for dentistry in 1986, and ended with contributions to the Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health in 2000. As the science evolves, she welcomes comments to and from this blog about how the science can be best be leveraged in today's dental practice for optimizing oral health.

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0) (Edited)

Definitly be age 1. Teeth erupt by 4 months in most babies and incisors erupt first. Failure to wean off the bottle is the biggist culprit. The nipple of a bottle pools fluids near the teeth. I've seen a lot of rotting incisors in toddlers running around holding a bottle of Mountain Dew. If they can hold a bottle, they need to be weaned.

octavia  posted on  2012-02-07   7:57:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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