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The Canadian Champion, Friday, April 11, 2008 - A3 Milton childre«àcn have healthiest teeth in Halton By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF For the first time in many years, the Haiton Region Heaiîh Department bias found that Milton ebjîdren have the best teetb in the region. A survey presented to the Regions health and social serv- .ices committee Tuesday sbowed that Milton eiementary scbool-aged children bave the lowest prevaience of tootb deeay out of the four local municipalities. Tbis is a far cry [rom past survey resuits, wbich routinely reveaied that local kids had the highest amounts of tootb decay - sometbîng the bealtb department said could've been closely linked to the lack ol fluoride in 'old' Miltons water supply Ihose in the new areas of town are provided witb fluoridated water from the Big Pipe. The change bas Region officiais scratcbing their beads. "We don't have a good explanation for why the resuits dropped su dramaticaly," said Haiton Medical Officer of Healtb Dr. Bob Nosal. "ifs good news though." He did point out that wi.îh the growth in Milton, at least haîf of the town or more now bias a fluonidated water suppiy He added the heaitb department wili follow up on the issue in future sur-veys to sec if theres a trend. A report to the committee outiined the 2005-2007 dental survey results from 2,547 students -aged five, seven, ine and 13 - at randomiy-selected elementary sehools througb- out the region. The resuits show thai the prevalence of dental decay went down in ail local municipalitues, witb the exception of Haiton His, which saw a siigbî increase. The dental decay numbers [rom the current survev are as foiiows: " Five-year-oids - Milton, 15.8 per cent; Btîrlington, 30, 3 per cent; Oakviiie, 25.6 per cent; Halton Hilîs, 36.5 per cent " Seven-year-olds -Milton, 36.4 per cent; Burlington, 43.2 per cent; Oakvîille 47.7 per cent, Haiton 1-luIs, 56.1 per Luckily, no one hurt from FIRE on page Ai ly a lire can advance. -Anything can bappen ai any unie.- Haiton Regionai Police Det. Sgt. Murray Drinikwalter con- curreci the situation couid've tumned oui înucb differentx Viere luckv somecone wasn'i buri badly,' he said. Since the cause of the lire is known, netber the Ontanio Ministrv of Labour nor the Office of the i-ire Marsbal is investîgatîng. A section of Main Street was closcd to trallic. but re-opened a couple of hours later. Siephattie Hounseil caui bcicîeched ai stliitesscn@nttîtlontatîto diancuompioui rom. AUTrO BODY (ROYAL ATLANTIC) INC. Conplete collision repaàr anal reiniskîn9 services 155 Nipissing Rd., Milton (905) 878-2721 cent * Nine-year-olds -Milton, 36.2 per cent per cent, Burlîngton, 40.7 per cent, Oakville, 56.3 per cent; Halton HuIs, 65.5 per cent - 13-year-olds - Milton, 12.6 per cent; Burlington, 27.4 per cent; Oakville, 25.4 per cent; Halton His, 51.5 per cent. Milton students were also found t0 have the lowest num- ber of teeth affected by dental decay. Nine and 13-year-olds tbroughout Haiton had more occurrences of gingivitis than the younger students. The older pupils also had a higher prevalence of dental fluorosis, or patchy white flecks on the tooths surface caused by excessive fluor-ide intake. Water fiuonidation bas long been a contentious issue i IL . î1À ,hiii I ilb0 /0 ) ). cl i il.îis.L lxit Iluoticlaticin clown. 1-be debate bias resut faced over thte years, witb local resi- dents makiisg arguments both for and agaînsi Iluorîde. Dr. Nosal bas recoimencied iii the pasu thai Multons water supply be fluortdaîed, but polîtictans bave maintatned the status quo. Milton Counicillor Colin Besi - who sits on the bealth and social services commutter said wbile be doesn't want to get into the fluorîde debate, he noted its interesting that Haiton His' dental decay numbers went up, even though the neighhouning munîcipality bas had fluon-de in uts water for decades. Melonie Henrtesstl, con be reorlird ai mhenuiesseyCasmitoi- conadione hampion.rom. il i Wuck' Mot 2008 TUNDRA on ail 2008 Tundras' Plus, pay no security depositl. 1 Don't forget-- Red Tag Days are stili going strong as weII! during Red Tag Days and Truck Month at Milton Toyota ..don't miss out! MyToyotaPlace.com 400 Steeles Avenue, Milton Toli Free: 1 -800-61 7-4025 Fax: (905) 875-1 516 info@miltontoyota.com [MILTON(q 1 TOYOTAý e0a h Cod ý-&-ady eo È c(ýé- on anl-eh;eg) raîn or 3