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Mom's Kiss Can Spread Cavitites To Baby

A kiss on the mouth or sharing utensils can transmit bacteria

Child Dies for Lack of Dental Care

The Washington Post reported that a twelve year old Prince George's County, Maryland boy died Sunday after the infection from an abscessed tooth spread to his brain. The boy had not been receiving routine dental care.

Dental Health and Children

Tooth decay is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases - it is five times more common than asthma. By the first grade, more than 50 percent of children in the United States have dental caries (decay) in their primary teeth, and more than 80 percent of U.S. adolescents have dental decay by age seventeen.

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