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NBC Nightly News and The Today Show Air Pediatric Dental Decay Story
As a continuation of a March 6 story in the
New York Times
(
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/health/rise-in-preschool-cavities-prompts-anesthesia-use.html
),
NBC Nightly News
aired a segment on the increase in dental decay rates in preschool children.
Click here to view the full
NBC Nightly News
segment.
In addition,
The Today Show
aired a story on March 7, narrated by Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editor for NBC News.
Click here to view the full
Today Show
segment.
Should you be contacted to comment on or further discuss this issue, please contact AAPD Public Relations Manager Erika Skorupskas at
erika@aapd.org
.
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