BSPD issues paediatric oral health Blueprint for new prime minister’s administration

The society’s message to the prime minister’s new secretary of state for Health and Social Care, Therese Coffey, is a list of the following 10 steps:

BSPD’s Blueprint to improve children’s oral health:

The coming months will see BSPD focus attention on vulnerable groups in our communities as the priority. These groups include neglected children, children living in poverty (an alarming percentage of the population will be less able to afford toothbrushes and toothpaste this winter), asylum seekers and refugees. If put into action, the society’s blueprint would ensure that those most in need will be supported.

Professor Claire Stevens CBE, BSPD’s spokesperson said, “Our message to Liz Truss and Therese Coffey is - If you put the society’s blueprint into action, we will be ensuring those most in need will be supported. We have to remember that tooth decay remains the leading reason for hospital admissions among five to nine year olds. This is wholly unacceptable when we consider that dental caries is a largely preventable disease.”