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2004 FEB 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kentucky's woeful dental health leads to greater overall health problems, especially among the state's poorest residents, dentists say.
New federal statistics show that more than 42% of Kentuckians 65 and older have lost all their permanent teeth. That's about 213,000 people.
"The underlying reality is that Kentucky's population, particularly the poor part of its population, is really ill," said James Cecil, a University of Kentucky dentistry professor who serves...
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