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Childsmile: Inverclyde nurseries battle tooth decay stats
NURSERIES in Inverclyde are helping to reduce the number of young children with tooth decay — but the district still lags behind the rest of the country. Health chiefs say it still has one of the worst such records in the country. But latest figures show a five per cent improvement in the number of […]
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Improving children’s oral health – Childsmile programme expands.
More children will benefit from a programme designed to improve their oral health. Childsmile has a multi-disciplinary approach involving the health service and local authorities. Much of what has been achieved has been through the commitment of nursery and primary school staff in providing daily, supervised toothbrushing, and dietary and oral hygiene advice. In deprived […]
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Childsmile: Schools and nurseries helping youngsters improve dental care
Schools and nurseries are to supervise more Scottish youngsters brushing their teeth and provide dental hygiene advice. It comes amid growing concerns in recent years that tooth decay among youngsters living in more deprived areas is worse than children in better off neighbourhoods of Scotland. The Childsmile initiative was backed by health secretary Shona Robison […]
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Scotland could add folic acid to flour
Scotland is considering whether to add folic acid to flour as concern mounts that there could be an increase in birth defects while the Westminster government delays a decision. Any move by Scotland could lead to folic acid being added to flour-based products UK-wide, as this would be the easiest solution for commercial bakers. Folic […]
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Pioneering Childsmile programme also saving millions for public purse
Children’s dental health improving An innovative dental health programme is dramatically improving children’s dental health and saving nearly £5 million a year in treatment costs avoided, Public Health Minister Maureen Watt said today. Childsmile offers every child attending nursery in Scotland free daily supervised tooth brushing. In the most deprived areas, this extends into primary […]
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NHS: fluoridate Scots’ water to help children
NHS advisers are urging ministers to fluoridate Scotland’s water supply to mass-medicate children who face poor dental health. While opponents claim that adding the chemical can cause tooth mottling and brittle bone diseases, NHS Health Scotland says it is a safe and effective way to prevent tooth decay. A recent report from the National Dental […]
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Independence and oral health: implications of the Scottish referendum.
Abstract On 18 September 2014, a referendum will be held on Scotland becoming a nation independent from the rest of the United Kingdom. Since devolution in 1999 child dental health in Scotland has improved significantly, although the National Health Service in Scotland has always been governed through a separate legislative framework from that in England […]
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Lithium-water test in suicide study
Adding lithium to drinking water supplies could help to reduce suicide rates, according to a team of psychiatrists. Naturally-occurring levels of the chemical are to be measured in supplies in Scotland and compared with suicide rates in the population it serves. It follows similar studies in the US and Japan which found that suicide rates […]
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Decay-busting toothpaste for children in Scotland
Children in Scotland at increased risk of dental decay should be offered special high-fluoride toothpaste on prescription to help protect their teeth, new guidance says. According to recommendations by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), youngsters with a higher chance of developing tooth decay, such as those from deprived backgrounds, should use products with higher […]
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Nursery toothbrushing saves £6m in dental costs
A scheme to encourage nursery children to brush their teeth has saved more than £6m in dental costs, according to a new study. Childsmile involves staff at all Scottish nurseries offering free supervised toothbrushing every day. Glasgow researchers found that the scheme had reduced the cost of treating dental disease in five-year-olds by more than […]
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