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Saturday, February 21, 2009

UK - 12-year-olds have the healthiest teeth in Europe?

...............Shadow health minister Mike Penning said: 'Labour's decade in charge of NHS dentistry has resulted in a significant deterioration in the country's dental health.
'In particular, Labour have completely failed to make any meaningful progress in terms of preventative dentistry.
'Regrettably, with a new contract that woefully neglects prevention, these problems will only get worse in the future.
'Labour needs to stop dithering and take action to sort out the mess they have created of NHS dentistry.
'A good place to start would be to admit their mistakes and scrap the botched dental contract.'
In 2006/07, the two most common reasons for admission among children were acute upper respiratory infections, followed by premature birth and low birthweight.
Dental caries (tooth decay) came next, followed by viral infections and acute tonsillitis.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said: 'These allegations are misleading.
'The use of general anaesthesia in dentistry was moved from dental practices to hospitals as a safety measure in 2001 and the hospital admission statistics simply reflect this.
'Preventative oral healthcare has actually improved substantially thanks to the new dental contract.
'Dentists are now carrying out more fluoride varnishes than ever before and recent statistics from the World Health Organisation show that our 12-year-olds have the healthiest teeth in Europe.
'To claim we are doing nothing on preventative dentistry is simply wrong.
'All NHS dental practices now have access to evidence-based practical guidance on effective preventative treatments.'

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