UK - Nottingham children's dental health '35 years behind UK'

THE health of childrens' teeth in Nottingham has been condemned as 35 years behind the rest of the country.
Five-year-olds have an average of three teeth which are damaged, missing or filled – the second-worst in the country.
Children in the city's poorest schools also have an average of six bad teeth each – four times the national average.
A report from Nottingham City Primary Care Trust says: "Against a background of national improvement, Nottingham's five-year-old's dental health is at the average level for England 35 years ago."
Health officials have pledged to spend £100,000 a year improving children's dental health.
PCT plans a mobile dental unit for hard-to-reach groups and fluoride varnishes will be given to 1,000 children.
Louise Holland from Sherwood, whose four-year-old son Sam is due to have his first filling, said: "Sam wouldn't open his mouth for the first four years at the dentist, and the last time we went the dentist spotted some decay."

£100,000? Southampton PCT/SHA is spending half a million trying to force fluoridation on us.