08/02/2023
February is National Children's Dental Health Month! 🧒
Dental caries are the most common chronic disease in children: it is about 5 times more common than asthma and 7 times more common than hay fever.* It is also preventable. Yet, about 1 of 5 children aged 5–11 has as least one untreated tooth with decay. 🧡
*https://medicine.iu.edu/blogs/pediatrics/lend---the-most-common-chronic-disease-of-childhood-in-the-us #:~
