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| BA011 |
BA012 - 300 ct Cotton Puffs: 48 per
case @ .68 each = $32.61
BA011 - 300 ct Cotton
Swabs: 48 per case @ .48 each = $23.04
BA017 - Soft
Baby Teether - Asst: 36 per case @ .33 each = $11.88
BA020 - Pacifier: 1000 per case @ .25 each = $250.00
BA044 - 9 oz Baby Bottle - Asst: 48 per case @ .85 each = $40.80
BABY ORAL CARE
·Although dental caries (tooth decay) is largely preventable, it remains the most
common chronic disease of children aged 5 to 17 years-5 times more common than asthma (59% versus 11%).
·Once established,
the disease requires treatment. A cavity only grows larger and more expensive to repair the longer it remains untreated.
·Fewer
than 1 in 5 Medicaid-covered children received at least one preventive dental service in a recent year; many states provide
only emergency dental services to Medicaid-eligible adults.
·Poor children have nearly 12 times more restricted-activity
days because of dental-related illness than children from higher-income families. Pain and suffering due to untreated tooth
decay can lead to problems in eating, speaking, and attending to learning.
·Many adults also have untreated dental
caries (e.g., 27% of those 35 to 44 years old and 30% of those 65 years and older).
·Children receiving dental sealants
in school-based programs have 60% fewer new decayed pit and fissure surfaces in back teeth for up to 2 to 5 years after a
single application. Among children, 90% of decay is in pits and fissures.
·School-based sealant programs provide sealants
to children unlikely to receive them otherwise (e.g., children in low-income households). Children of racial and ethnic minority
groups have about three times more untreated decay and teeth missing due to caries but are about one-third as likely to receive
sealants.
·Although 29 states reported dental sealant programs serving 193,000 children, this number represents only
about 3% of poor children who could receive sealants.
From The Center for Disease Control
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