Deteriorating Oral Health Over Generations

Think about this. During the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s dentistry witnessed a steady decrease in cavities and improvement in oral health. It is not surprising then that studies done by the CDC every 10 years have shown improved oral health each decade since then for all segments of the population in all specialty areas of dentistry ....... except:

EXCEPT children age 1 to 5. Cavities in children have increased by 30% every 10 years for 30 years now. It started in the 80s. Cavities in children are worse than ever, with 60% of 1st graders already having cavities. Since oral health patterns are established by age 3, it is not hard to realize today's young population will have immense oral health problems in their retirement years including loss of teeth (like my grandfather's generation) and eating lots of over-prepared soft foods (baby food). Hmmmmm. Baby food for retirement....

Help your children have a healthy, disease free and comfortable mouth by establishing good oral health early. Good oral health is immensely less expensive and more comfortable than cavities and gum disease. The first tooth deserves a dental home. Learn from your dentist what it takes and the easy way to create excellent oral health for your children.

P.S.  Are you aware that today's generation of young people will live significantly shorter lives than us due to increasing chronic disease brought on by current lifestyle choices? Those elderly years will also be much less comfortable than ours due to the chronic diseases they will be dealing with!