Preschoolers with Mouthful of Cavities

          Today I read an article called "Preschoolers in Surgery for a Mouthful of Cavities" by Catherine Saint Lou. In this article she started by telling us a story about Devon Koester a 2 1/2 year old boy, getting anesthesia at Seattle Children’s Hospital for Surgery because 11 of his 20 baby teeth had cavities. The main idea of this article is that a lot of Preschoolers are having a lot of cavities because parents usually don't enforce brushing their kids’ teeth, which is not a good thing to do. Catherine Saint Lou said that "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted an increase, the first in 40 years, in the number of preschoolers with cavities in a study five years ago." She also said that, “Dentists nationwide say they are seeing more preschoolers at all income levels with 6 to 10 cavities or more.”

        I believe that brushing Preschoolers teeth is just as important as brushing our own teeth, because Devon’s mother, Melody Koester said “I had a lot on my mind, and brushing his teeth was an extra thing I didn’t think about at night.” This is why I also believe that parents should also enforce that their children brush their teeth because it is a very serious situation.