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Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 1: establishment and development
Abstract: This paper is the first of two reviewing the Childsmile programme. It sets out to describe the development and implementation of this national oral health improvement programme for children in Scotland over its initial three-year period (January 2006 to December 2008) and into its second phase of development. It outlines the context in which […]
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Poor diet leaving Scots toothless
More than a third of Scottish women and a quarter of men aged over 55 have lost all of their teeth, government figures have revealed. The statistic was branded a “depressing indictment” of the nation’s dental health and poor dietary records. The figures released in response to a Holyrood question showed 3% of adults aged […]
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Tackling socially determined dental inequalities: ethical aspects of Childsmile
Abstract: Many ethical issues are posed by public health interventions, including whether they ought to be aimed at improving health across society or reducing specific health inequalities, whether they should be targeted or universal and the issue of which targeting criteria ought to be used. Although abstract theorising about these issues can be useful, it […]
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BBC: Mixed report on children’s teeth
Children living in Scotland’s most deprived areas are twice as likely to suffer from tooth decay as affluent youngsters, according to a report. The National Dental Inspection Programme studied primary seven children across Scotland in 2004/05. It found that 64% of children in the poorest areas had decaying teeth by the end of primary school, […]
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Health board in U-turn on fluoride plan
GLASGOW’S health board has done a U-turn on its push to put fluoride in the water supply after learning it will have no support from the Scottish Executive. NHS Greater Glasgow agreed to take no action on fluoride as it published its strategy to improve the city’s dire tooth decay record. The move follows Deputy […]
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BBC. Scotland: Fluoride plan goes down the drain
The first minister has pulled the plug on plans to add fluoride to drinking water in Scotland. Jack McConnell told parliament the Scottish Executive was instead planning a range of other measures to improve the dental health of children. Some dentists and the World Health Organisation have backed fluoridisation while other experts have said more […]
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Fury over grants to pro-fluoride lobby
THE Scottish Executive has paid almost £70,000 of taxpayers’ money to a pro-fluoride lobby group, while claiming it was neutral on the issue. Furious Green MSP Patrick Harvie has accused the Executive of bias for continuing to give grants, already totalling £68,500, to the British Fluoridation Society. The BFS is a group of doctors and […]
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Don’t toy with fluoride
OUR Government has the best of motives in wanting to extend the fluoridisation of our water supply. But it is embarking on a risky experiment which, as we report today, some believe could lower children’s intelligence, lead to behavioural problems and cause health problems in adults. Our modern sugary diet is not only making our […]
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Scotland: Bid to tackle rotten dental record
Radical plans to tackle Scotland’s poor record of dental care have been unveiled by the Scottish Executive. A third of children in Scotland and half of all adults are not registered with a dentist. The figures translate to higher levels of tooth decay than are found in people living in England and Wales. The executive […]
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Tell Scots the truth about fluoride, say Greens
Green MSP Robin Harper has made a second plea to the Scottish Executive to come clean on its fluoride policy on the day that Westminster rubber-stamps legislation that could mean most of the UK’s water authorities are forced to put the chemical in their supplies. People in Scotland do not know whether they will be […]
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