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#cavities — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cavities, aggregated by home.social.

  1. “Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including #dementia and #diabetes. Now, research shows that people with both #gum #disease and more #tooth #cavities also have a notably higher risk of #stroke. …” sciencealert.com/21-year-study

  2. 1 in 3 #Florida third graders have untreated #cavities – how parents can protect their #children’s #teeth
    That’s almost double the national average of 17% of children ages 6-9 with untreated #tooth decay and underscores severity of the issue in Florida.
    Historically, community #water #fluoridation has been one of the most effective public health strategies to reduce children’s #toothdecay. However, a new Florida law, prohibits adding #fluoride to public #drinkingwater.
    theconversation.com/1-in-3-flo