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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday May 30, 2002 3A T' Dental disease plagues Utah childrens health yxzzz&asr Dental disease seems to be spreading like an epidemic. For maify Utah children, the disease has become a part of life. Often times, health care is unavailable for those children who suffer from the painful disease. boy treated at PriMedical Center Children's mary for seven abscessed teeth had simply gotten used to a level of pain that would be unbearable to most "Often these kids are malnourished, too. TOey don't eat well because of pain, and they're gener-all- y malalscd, not the happy children we like to see," Minaga-Miy- a continued. Dental disease is the most com- "He was so full of infection that it disfigured his cheeks, bu he still smiled when we took his picture,11 a explained Karie Minaga-Miy- a, registered nurse at the childrens medical center andapediatric dental health researcher. The boy's case is not unusual. Iboth decay has become so rampant among Utah's children that advocates and pubr lie health officials are calling! t an epidemic, although a quiet one, since so many children keep t pain to themselves. ease as the biggest health problem among elementary school children. Poor children have five times the mon chronic health problem among children in Utah and nationwide, public health officials daim. The Utah School Nurse Association has identified dental dis- A7-year-o-ld V wC fei, LuliS- - ,'? ' - I' '.tew I la & :Z2gjgkL Local teens send out message that tobacco use Is risky Local Carbon County residents Emily Aileman, Sa- rah Morris, and Cassie Christman discuss the produc- co bon of a commercial which targets use. that movies and music send the message that tobacco use is acceptable. The youth The three teens decided E .. . families have. In 2001, 1,545 Utah children age 16 and under who were enrolled in Medicaid required treatment in a surgical center in order to take care of extensive dental (&- higher-inco- low-inco- felt that it would be fitting to promote tobacco prevention through a commercial which will be aired at local movie theaters prior to the show. The girls worked hard and made a commercial that they feel will open the eyes of local youth and help to prevent tobacco use. A : dental disease children from The state's first oral health survey; completed in December, shows half of the children six to S outc our eight yeaxs old had untreated decay. In some rural areas of the state, 60 to 70 percent of the children had decay that had not been treated. Lastyear in Utah, 31 percent of all Medicaid enrolled children between age one and 20 received dental care, meaning 84,514 did ' nut About 70 percent of another 27,000 children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicare but are covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program received dental care last year. But because of state budget problems, CHIP dental care has now been limited to examinations and emergencies only. Gavities dan be found but not treated. The answer is not quite dear as to why children seem to suffer dental disease more than adults. Possibly, the dental care which a child performs daily is not adequate enough to control the dis-- : from occuring. Pepsi Products! 12 Pack 2 Liters 1.59 Packets, MEZZET1A, (CM, Capcis), II ocj Garbage Bags, western famux i sun, so count Bath Tissue, Dog Food, md, - wtmMRoa WESTERN FAMIIX Pro Formula, Lamfcfflica, I fe. 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