AUSSIE kids have more cavities
AUSSIE kids have more cavities and are brushing their teeth less than kids were 20 years ago, new data shows.
Two Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports released today show that almost half of the country's children aged five to six had a history of decay in their baby teeth and almost half of those aged 12 had a history of decay in their adult teeth.
University of Adelaide Professor Kaye Roberts-Thomson, from the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, said children reached the peak of their dental health in the mid-1990s.
This was a great improvement on the 1970s but the dental health of children now was declining.
"Since the mid-1990s, children seem to be getting more decay and that's been slowly increasing," Prof Roberts-Thomson said..................
Fluoridated Australia
Two Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports released today show that almost half of the country's children aged five to six had a history of decay in their baby teeth and almost half of those aged 12 had a history of decay in their adult teeth.
University of Adelaide Professor Kaye Roberts-Thomson, from the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, said children reached the peak of their dental health in the mid-1990s.
This was a great improvement on the 1970s but the dental health of children now was declining.
"Since the mid-1990s, children seem to be getting more decay and that's been slowly increasing," Prof Roberts-Thomson said..................
Fluoridated Australia
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