LITTLE ROCK – February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and while getting children to brush their teeth is not the easiest task, it can be an important one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over half of children aged six to eight years old and over half of adolescents aged 12 to 19 have had a cavity in one of their baby or adult teeth. Cavities are preventable, though, and the CDC has recommendations for parents to help prevent them in babies and children.
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