Under a third have visited an NHS dentist in 2021, compared to over 40 per cent around England.
Arif Rajpura, Blackpool's director of public health, discussed the importance of lobbying for water fluoridation at a meeting with the town’s health and wellbeing board. Arif said this was an essential measure to help tackle the issue.
The calls from Arif follow NHS data, which revealed that only 35 per cent of adults in Blackpool received NHS dental care in 2022.
Speaking to the BBC, Arif stated, "Ultimately we would like a water fluoridation scheme and it is important to keep lobbying around that.
"We don’t have fluoride in our water although we do have it in school milk."
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