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Hi, my name is Leah Johnson.
I have three children, and we've been coming here to the Creston Children's Dental Clinic
My, uh, youngest two did great here, they had no cavities
But my oldest son is 11, and he has had to have extensive dental work.
Um, he has had to have a tooth pulled.
He's had to have a root canal on an adult tooth
Um, we've had probably about eight dental appointments over the course of four months.
And because of that, he has developed pretty significant anxiety about coming to the dentist
To the point that dear Annette who works here knows him by name,
and will, you know, rub his hand and try to calm him down because he gets so scared.
Um, he doesn't drink sodas, he doesn't drink juice,
We brush and floss at home every day.
Um, and I've had... sorry... a lot of mommy guilt... about the pain he's gone through.
(crying) Sorry. I didn't know that would affect me like that.
So, I am very hopeful that Portland passes water fluoridation
because... I don't want other children growing up and living through what my son has had
to live through.
And it's so simple, it's so easy, it is so inexpensive and it is so so important.
I'm going to be voting yes for water fluoridation in Portland.