A Healthy Mouth Can Lead to a Long and Healthy Life
“…Access to quality oral health care remains difficult for many Americans but especially for rural residents, minority residents and people with lower incomes. Children living in rural communities who are members of a minority group or a lower-income household may experience higher rates of untreated cavities and gingivitis. For children ages 2 to 5 years, 33% of Hispanic children and 28% of non-Hispanic Black children had cavities and severe tooth decay in their primary teeth, compared with 18% of non-Hispanic white children. Seventeen percent of children from low-income households have untreated cavities and severe tooth decay in their primary teeth, over three times the percentage of children from higher-income households…”
