Mothers' Dental Health script

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MOTHERS' DENTAL HEALTH (running time = 2:07)

SUGGESTED INTRO: MEDICAL SCIENCE IS GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AN OLD WIVES' TALE THAT SAYS WOMEN LOSE A TOOTH FOR EACH CHILD THEY HAVE. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VIDEO: Dental patient (mother) with children in clinic waiting area.

VOICEOVER: THE OLD WIVES' TALE THAT SAYS WOMEN LOSE A TOOTH FOR EVERY CHILD THEY HAVE COULD BE TRUE, BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU MIGHT THINK. A STUDY AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IS SHOWING THAT THE LIKELY CAUSE OF MATERNAL TOOTH LOSS IS STRESS. ROMA JASINEVICIUS (pronounced: yas-NAH-vi-chus), ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DENTISTRY, EXPLAINS.

VIDEO: Roma Jasinevicius on-camera.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:
ROMA JASINEVICIUS, D.D.S.
CWRU ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DENTISTRY

OUTCUE: "... or biological reason for that." (:32)

VIDEO: Mother with dental staff in clinic.

VOICEOVER: THE CASE WESTERN RESERVE STUDY OF WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT CHILDREN, FROM AGES 25 TO 35, SHOWED AN EMOTIONAL AND ORAL HEALTH ADVANTAGE TO THOSE WITHOUT CHILDREN. SO WHAT CAN MOM DO TO PROTECT HER ORAL HEALTH?

VIDEO: Roma Jasinevicius on-camera.

SOUND BITE: ROMA JASINEVICIUS

VIDEO: Mother and child brush teeth

OUTCUE: "... without brushing and flossing." (:47)

VIDEO: Additional dental clinic footage of mother during examination.

VOICEOVER: DOCTOR JASINEVICIUS SAYS THAT WITH EXTRA ATTENTION PAID TO NORMAL ORAL HYGIENE, THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD DON'T HAVE TO BE SPOILED BY DENTAL PROBLEMS.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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