Experts warn parents and schools for children with tooth decay. 12- to 14-year-olds have fallen over the past 20 years, it has not improved among five-year-olds. Dr Gill Davies and Dr Colette Bridgman, dental public health specialists who work for Manchester’s NHS primary care trust, wrote in the British Dental Journal that parents play the key role in getting their children into good dental hygiene habits right after they were born by not giving them high-sugar foods and drinks, ensuring they have regular check-ups and cleaning their teeth regularly. Davies said: “Sweetening bottles is a very damaging habit, especially giving a baby such a bottle at bedtime or letting it keep it in the cot overnight, which is ridiculous, because the child’s saliva flow is much reduced.” The Manchester Smiles dental health campaign was a success under 6,000 pupils at 80 primary schools. They have supervised brushing sessions twice daily and dental practices are ‘buddied’ with schools and are getting free toothpaste. They believe that this plan should be extended nationally. Poorest children have most of the worst dental health. They need a service that helps them maintain good oral health and prevents decay, rather than one that is based solely on treatment.
My reaction:
It is a shame that poor children cannot have the treatment they need and therefore suffer, but by giving lessons at schools and giving them toothpaste it could help a lot. The programme that is suggested to do nationally is a good plan, it makes children aware of what they eat and how it effects their teeth, and why they must brush their teeth and how many times. They also said to ban birthday cakes at school and it is a weird thing to do but if there are thirty children in one class than every child gets thirty pieces of cake which can be prevented.
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