'How could this happen? I wondered.'
that the Health Resources and Services Administration identified 5,866 dental health professional shortage areas, in which nearly 63 million people live.“Enamel thickness and its resilience to decay is genetically inherited,” Kalasho tells. “According to scientific research, your genetic predisposition to decay makes up 60% of the likelihood of developing decay, and the other 40% is dietary behavior and oral hygiene.
There’s such an unfair stigma when it comes to tooth decay in kids — like cavities happen through sheer negligence alone. Obviously, that isn’t the case, and it’s so important to realize that there are all kinds of contributing factors. If our kids have cavities, it says nothing about our worth as parents, and we need to remember that.