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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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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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Tooth decay of P1 pupils in Scotland at record low
A record number of primary one pupils have no signs of tooth decay, the Scottish government has said. Figures from the national dental inspection programme, for 2011-12, showed 67% of P1 pupils had no obvious decay, compared to 54% in 2005-06. The Scottish government’s target is for 60% of primary ones to have no obvious […]
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Childsmile: Learning from previous work
The value of individuals and organisations working together to improve health was recognised in many of the responses received to Scotland’s Consultation on children’s oral health.65 As a result, a number of preventive programmes targeted at children have now been successfully put in place across Scotland. The Childsmile Programme66 which includes: Childsmile Core, Childsmile Practice, […]
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Childsmile is the flagship national oral health improvement programme for Scotland
1.5.1 Oral health initiatives Childsmile is the flagship national oral health improvement programme for Scotland. The overarching aims of Childsmile are to improve the oral health of children in Scotland and to reduce inequalities both in dental health and in access to dental services. There is also potential for other health impacts particularly with regard […]
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