The Cedar Crest Dental Center in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, is offering trick-or-treaters money in exchange for their Halloween candy. They are paying $1.00 per pound of unopened candy and are then going to send the candy to troops overseas. Dr. Ginger Vondell, a dentist at the Cedar Crest Dental Center, reasons that “visiting your dentist twice a year and brushing daily are great preventative measures, but doing away with excess sweets altogether would really give your teeth a healthy boost.”

I, personally, think that Halloween is all about the candy and, come on, it only comes around once a year! It is always fun to come back home to see which candies you got and compare them with your friends or siblings’ pile of candy. As far as dental hygiene goes, I think the main problem is that kids don’t brush well to begin with, so candy can definitely add to that problem. However, where there is a bad, there is always a good. When my brother was younger, he lost at least two loose teeth from eating Now and Laters. Would you rather have your loose tooth taken out by candy or by a dentist? =D

Of course, my love of candy makes me totally against this exchange of candy for money. It’s only a dollar per pound! One pound of candy makes me a lot more happy than a lousy buck. This dental clinic preaches that candy is bad for your teeth, but then goes on to say that they will send the candy you bring in to troops overseas. So how can candy be bad for your clients, but not for troops overseas?

If you are still interested in this dental clinic’s offer and you live in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, you can contact them through their website.

Source: LDNews