Dental surgeons call for sugar-free schools

All schools should become sugar-free to tackle high levels of child tooth decay, leading dental surgeons said.

The call comes after analysis by the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) showed there were more than 100,000 hospital admissions for children under the age of 10 in England due to tooth decay over a three-year period.

In an updated position statement published on Thursday, the FDS said it believes “all schools should be encouraged to become sugar-free” and said supervised tooth brushing schemes should be put in place before 2022 so that more children at risk of decay can benefit.................