{"id":14963,"date":"2013-07-02T15:21:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T20:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2013-07-02T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T20:21:43","slug":"shawnee-cant-afford-to-fluoridate-and-kids-are-getting-cavities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/07\/02\/shawnee-cant-afford-to-fluoridate-and-kids-are-getting-cavities\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawnee Can’t Afford to Fluoridate, and Kids Are Getting Cavities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The count of kids with cavities is on the rise in Pottawatomie County, where no fluoride is added to the public water systems.<\/p>

And pediatric health groups and a local dental association are sounding alarms, the Shawnee News-Star<\/em>\u2019s Madi Alexander reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dr. Nan Shadid, who has been a dentist in Shawnee for 28 years, said she has noticed a significant increase in the number of children with cavities since Shawnee ceased water fluoridation.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Water in Shawnee has naturally occurring fluoride, \u201cbut their concentration does not meet the CDC standard for the prevention of tooth decay,\u201d the paper reports. The health groups have asked the city to resume fluoridation, which was stopped in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina disrupted operations at its fluoride supplier.<\/p>

But there\u2019s a reason Shawnee hasn\u2019t resumed fluoridation: It can\u2019t afford it anymore.<\/p>

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From the News-Star<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Shawnee never resumed water fluoridation and no longer has the capability to do so, [said City Manager Brian McDougal]. Resuming fluoridation would require the city to build a new facility and system, which could cost between $150,000 and $200,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The count of kids with cavities is on the rise in Pottawatomie County, where no fluoride is added to the public water systems.And pediatric health groups and a local dental association are sounding alarms, the Shawnee News-Star\u2019s Madi Alexander reports: Dr. Nan Shadid, who has been a dentist in Shawnee for 28 years, said she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[491],"tags":[547,427],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14963"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14974,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963\/revisions\/14974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}