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States With Some Teeth -- Or Not

I was born and raised in the South, so I was dismayed -- but not really surprised -- to run across this ranking of which ...

teeth-1.jpg I was born and raised in the South, so I was dismayed -- but not really surprised -- to run across this ranking of which states have the most residents who have lost their natural teeth.

West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee grabbed the top three slots (meaning they have the most residents without their natural teeth). In fact, the only 2 non-Southern states in the Top 10 are Oklahoma and Kansas.

Come on, southern states --- let's bust up some stereotypes!

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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