Did you know there is an ORAL HEALTH EPIDEMIC AMONG AMERICA’S CHILDREN? In 2000, the Surgeon General declared tooth decay a "silent epidemic" affecting millions of America’s children. It’s true. Just think about these facts . . . Tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease. Children miss out on over 51 million hours of school each year because of dental-related diseases. Low-income families are at an even greater risk . . . Poor children have twice the dental cavities as other children. As many as 25% of all low-income children have never even visited a dentist before entering kindergarten --- and by that time much of the damage has already started! Crest believes all children deserve a healthy smile so we’ve developed the Crest Healthy Smiles program to help! Keep reading to see how Crest is addressing this problem.