June 18, 2010
Updated Nov 4, 2009 at 7:15 AM EST
MADISON, Ind. (AP) - Most children get enough chocolate and sweets on Halloween to make dentists cringe, so some dentists are offering children an alternative treat: cash.
Halloween candy buy back programs allow kids to turn in their candy for money. Dentists around the country hold such swaps, including Madison dentist Ben Canida.
Canida dressed like a giant tube of toothpaste this week as he weighed candy during his office's buy back program. The office collected 42 pounds of candy over three hours and paid children $1 for each pound of candy they gave up.
Dentists say such programs can keep kids from overindulging in sugary sweets.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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