Dentist to buy back Halloween candy
Oct-24-2011

A Mansfield dentist is offering cash and prizes in exchange for sweets.
This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can bring their excess candy to the office of Craig Callen in Mansfield and receive $1 per pound (5-pound limit per child) and free toothbrushes. There also will be a drawing for two free children's bikes.
Callen, with support from his associates Anthony Lordo and Mathew Snipes, will provide up to $1,000 total.
Callen and associates are leading this anti-decay movement by giving away dollars and free children's toothbrushes in exchange for cavity-provoking candy.
"Visiting your dentist twice a year and brushing your teeth are great preventive measures, but doing away with excess sweets would really give your teeth a healthy boost," Callen said. "Kids can have the fun of trick-or-treating, and now their piggy banks will benefit as well.
"Plus they get a nice new toothbrush and a goody bag of gifts (limit one per child while supply lasts)."
Sugar consumption for kids is rising about 2 percent per year and is at about 50 million tons annually, Callen said. Candy, especially, can damage braces, lead to hyperactivity and weight gain. Callen said the new sweet and sour candies are even more damaging to teeth.

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