23 March 2020
Leading charity, the Oral Health Foundation, is calling for a united effort to take action against the ongoing issue of childhood tooth decay.
The concern for the oral health and general wellbeing of children has been prompted by the release of new statistics from Public Health England (PHE) that reveal around one-in-four (23%) of 5-year-olds in 2019 have had dental decay.1
These findings are identical to the results of the previous survey in 2017 which suggests that no progress has been made towards tackling an unacceptable level of childhood tooth decay in England.
Speaking on the need to address these figures, Dr Nigel Carter OBE, Chief Executive of the Oral Health Foundation said: “In 2020 and the years to come, we can make progress to tackle a heart-breaking level of childhood tooth decay and protect the future of the nation’s oral health.
“No child should be born into a world where they have a one-in-four chance of having decayed teeth on the…
New statistics on childhood tooth decay suggest concerning lack of progress
