Posted on 11/01/2010 3:00:30 PM PDT by chickadee
Just a day after Halloween two Pennsylvania dentists are offering a candy buyback program to save the teeth of young trick-or-treaters and boost the morale of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dentists Nalin and Arpan Patel, of Fairless Hills near Philadelphia, say they will pay $1 a pound (0.45 kg) to parents and children who turn in excess candy collected on Halloween. The proceeds will be sent to U.S. troops serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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I heard or read somewhere that dentist commit suicide more than any other type of Doctor. Makes sense.
Nalin and Arpan Patel...’nuff said.
I hates the term “buyback”.
Hates it.
*** I hates the term “buyback”. ***
Dare I ask why?
You, know, I didn’t pick up on that. They prolly didn’t get any candy when they were kids and got mocked by the kind of people tough enough to go into the military. It’s a double revenge!
Kwitcherbichen, Chickadee. If I were the parent of some kid that came home with about 5 pounds of pure sugar high, I can see putting aside some for them and donating the rest. It’s a good cause and not bad PR for the dentist.
I know of a dentist where I live, someone I’ve worked with on some Chamber of Commerce committees, who is doing the same thing. If we had kids at home, or extra candy (we have neither), I’d be driving over to her office after work today to do my part.
Would that be a Cash for Chunkers program?
This is a great story. All those making negative comments either have bad teeth and want all others to get bad teeth
or uneducated on effect of sugar on teeth.
Again, it is not about depriving kids of fun, it is taking
only the excess candy out of their teeth, the worse being sticky candy which remains on the teeth for a long time and
is a bonanza for enamel destroying bacteria.
You’ll have to pry my Butterfinger from my cold, dead hands.
I believe that regular brushing is more important than worrying about the effects of sugar.
The candy of course should be doled out conservatively until it is gone, no one should allow candy binges after halloween.
Brushing is of course important. However most people do not brush more than twice in a day. Where as most people consume food more than twice a day.
It only takes a few minutes for enamel eating bacteria to grow on food particles sticking to your teeth.
May be one reason I still have my 31 original teeth in my 60’s is because I rinse mouth with water after eating anything.
It is not just sugar which grows bacteria, even flour, bread and pasta are culprits. Actually Cheese is the best anti-bacterial food because it neutralizes acid in the mouth which is necessary environment for bacterial growth.
I don't know why; I gave them a choice between cans of pickled beets or garbanzo beans. Maybe they wanted corn.
Lol
C’mon people. I think it’s a great idea. Kids in the US get candy all the time - how often do you think kids in Iraq or Afghanistan get candy?
My dad’s a dentist - is he being a crusher of fun when he handed out new kiddie toothbrushes to kids who trick-or-treat at his office?
I think the article said the candy was going to the troops. True, the troops could give it to kids, but may decide to consume it themselves.
My favorite dentist used to put $50.00 on deposit at the sweet shop across the street from his office and then write prescriptions for dixie cups, redeemable at the sweet shop, to well behaved children.
It seems like there are too many risk assessors nattering about every fun event.
Well, I still feel pretty OK about the candy going to the troops. They probably don’t get candy too often, either. :-)
By the way, my dad was a military dentist before he went into private practice. :-)
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