Dentist Finder San Diego » san diego http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog What's New in Dental News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:40:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Government recommends lowering fluoride levels in drinking water http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/government-recommends-lowering-fluoride-levels-in-drinking-water/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/government-recommends-lowering-fluoride-levels-in-drinking-water/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:23:42 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=720 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are recommending changing for the first time since 1962 the amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water because of an increase in fluorosis — a condition that causes spotting and streaking on children’s teeth.

The current recommended amount of fluoride in drinking water is 0.7 to 1.2mg per liter of water. The new proposal would set …

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Last year we wrote about Where to Find Low Cost Dental Care in San Diego. Because …

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/low-income-clinics-in-san-diego/feed/ 2 New Study Shows Kids Twice as Likely to Drink Soda http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/new-study-shows-kids-twice-as-likely-to-drink-soda/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/new-study-shows-kids-twice-as-likely-to-drink-soda/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:02:50 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=209 Soft drinksA study, involving 40,000 state residents, by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the nonprofit California Center for Public Health Advocacy in Davis shows that children are twice as likely to consume soft drinks as adults. In San Diego County, 46 percent of youngsters ages 2 to 17 drank at least one soda a day, while the figure was 21 percent for adults. The statewide numbers were 49 …

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