Dentists See Rising Tooth Decay in Preschoolers

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I happen to be this childs grandmother this article is talking about it seems that dear sweet Catherine of the New York Times that wrote this article completley distorted and twisted and turned the statements that were given her from my son and daughter in law to sensationlize her article it seems like all she was interested in was to make parents look bad at any cost and she certainly accomplished  that the comments on The New York Times site are just horrible.  Now let me get this straight i'm not sure if she writes for The Star or National Enquirer I don't see how she could possibly write for The New York Times oh thats right gone are the days when you could count on a reporters honesty and that their article would be truthful and not a bunch of twisted facts.  She writes bits and pieces of what was really said to her filling in the blanks with her own words.  What was really said to Catherine about not brushing his teeth because there was other things on her mind was "he brushes his teeth at night but i dont always have time in the morning when its hectic and i'm trying to get the two other children to school" (how many of you get your children to brush their teeth twice a day).   What she made it sound like was that he didn't get his teeth brushed at all when that couln't be further from the truth. Catherine also made it sound like they didn't start brushing his teeth until he was 18 months old when they found his teeth were turning brown what was said to Catherine was they didn't take him to the dentist for the first time until he was 18 months old.  She didnt even bother to mention that they have two other children who their  teeth were fine no problems like this what so ever.  Nor did she bother to mention that his favorite snacks are grapes and apples that he doesnt like soda pops at all he thinks that they are icky that he was breast fed his entire life that he never had a bottle or a binky my how Catherine twists and turns her story to make this sad circumstance that his teeth are so weak to be all the parents fault not that he could possibly have any other underlying problems and how quick people are to judge parents when they don't have all the facts just keep in mind that just because you are reading an article in the newspaper does'nt necessarilly mean its the truth or even close to the truth. 

I would venture to say it was the increased regimen and newer types of x-rays, that are breaking-down the teeth, from my own experiences of not having x-rays done for ten years and check-out fine, then at the six-month follow-up they find three "soft spots." (btw I made crowns and bridges for over a decade, so I have some knowledge of teeth). ~ "I'm not a professional, I just play one on the internet." ©

These stats might be explained as an unintended consequence of medicare and medicaid usage and/or fraud on the part of dentists.