Nursery World - Health Visitor Advice: Tackling young children's tooth decay

Senior health visitor Shirley Adebayo, of North Middlesex University Hospital, sets out how early years settings can help tackle the epidemic of tooth decay among young children

Many of us have memories of our first tooth falling out – the excitement of carefully placing it under the pillow and finding a shiny coin in its place following a visit from the tooth fairy. Now here is the wake-up call:

Dental surgeons are now extracting more children’s teeth in hospitals than they had done in the past, thus contributing to the £3 billion spent by the NHS per year on child dental health.

How can we help?

For more information, see the DfE’s recent guidance on promoting oral health in early years settings: https://bit.ly/46ZLlv8

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