California ranks among the worst states for kids' teeth with a lack of care partly to blame. With candy everywhere, Halloween is an extra scary time.
Priscilla Serrano did everything she could to keep her child's teeth clean and healthy. She rubbed his gums twice a day with a finger brush when he was 3 months old. She brought him to the dentist before his first birthday. She weaned him off a bottle early, gave him healthy snacks, avoided juice, brushed his teeth twice a day, and even flossed for him. But despite her best efforts, Daniel still developed two cavities before his 6th birthday. “I was kind of devastated.
Cavities in baby teeth can spread to the permanent teeth waiting to push through. And severe untreated decay can lead to broken teeth, abscesses and, in extreme cases, even death. And because baby teeth have a thinner outer shell of enamel, which allows bacteria to eat through them faster, they are even more susceptible to cavities than the permanent teeth that replace them. Before the pandemic, 5-7% of Kindergartners screened at L.A.
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