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Think the real policy is to have a proper oral health service for children, of which the tooth brushing is only a part.
Under 5 oral health, or the lack of , is a major problem. It's the biggest cause of admissions to hospital for a GA for children under 5. Sad it's taken so long as we have known about this for nearly 20 years .Under 5 tooth decay is easily preventable using a number of measures, of which the tooth brushing would be but one.
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All that stuff I get, but it's largely been described as "supervised toothbrushing in schools", as if that's the headline policy. I saw a clip of Streeting on one of the morning TV couch shows talking about only this and not the wider reform of NHS dentistry.
From the article posted earlier:
the number one reason for young children being admitted to hospital is to extract rotten teeth – because it is so difficult to get NHS dental treatment before tooth decay sets in
If that's the cause, just fix that, surely? It can't just be me that thinks it's weird!
slippers
I guess we'll have to disagree on that front then, it feels petty rather than smart to me! I think schools are way too authoritarian to begin with, so adding on an additional layer of management for basic hygiene just feels like the wrong direction entirely, even as a proof of concept for detoxifying the narrative on state intervention.
😂 Very true