Kids in the city’s southeast are more at risk for cavities than those in other neighborhoods, per health department data.
With Halloween in full-force tonight, parents of candy-hungry kiddos may want to brush up on the horrors of tooth decay — especially those with children in the Mission.
Across from the Bayview Opera House on a recent weekend, members of the Magic ToothBus were armed with a giant toy toothbrush and a grinning stuffed shark, alongside dental kits. A young girl sat in the leather chair while a hygienist checked her teeth in a big mirror. Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health, for the 2017-18 academic year. Chart by Kelly Waldron.
The team soon realized there were a litany of reasons why a child could go without dental care: Parents choosing healthcare instead of dental care when on a tight budget, for instance, or language barriers. Geography and income can cause dental disparities, too. Per 2017-2018 data, the rates of tooth decay or cavities are almost three times higher among kindergarteners at schools in low-income areas compared to those at schools in high-income areas, a. And while cavities among children have decreased in the past decade, most of the gains have mostly been among schools in high-income areas.
The Magic ToothBus is just one part of the solution. The nonprofit partners with the health department’s CavityFreeSF campaign, an initiative to improve oral health among San Francisco children. Extra funds from the Sugary Drinks Tax funded local “oral task forces,” or community nonprofits tasked with monitoring dental problems in the Bayview, Chinatown and Mission.
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