IF.ditor's Note — American Dental Association sponsored i the fifth annual National Ohil j dren's Dental Health Day. ' Monday, to focus public atten tion on the need for more ; dental health education and i care for children. The Farmville Herald, in eo-opeiation with ; F’armville dentists, presents the i first in a series of articles on j dental health for children. I I It doesn't command dramatic headlines, and you won't find it | on any list of chief cause of death ! but tooth decay is America's most vvidspread disease. It's a disease because it. destroys ! body tissue. The destruction of tissue in tooth decay can lead to intense I pain, u toothless mouth and facial ■ disfiguration : The toll of dental decay is ; staggering. The scope of the pro blem is seen in these figures: i More than 90 per rent of Ameri I cans have advanced tootli decay by nee 16. And the dental profes i sion believes that figure is i mounting steadily. ; At least 50 per cent of all two - year-old children have one or

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