Launched by the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, the fresh initiative will see supervised toothbrushing introduced in schools and nurseries plus dental care incorporated into health visitor checks in areas where particularly large numbers of young children suffer from tooth decay.
More than 1 in 3 five year olds across Greater Manchester experience tooth decay – well above the England national average of 25%. In some local areas the number of young children affected reaches more than half. This has resulted in over 15,000 tooth extractions being carried out on local children in the past four years – 60% more than the national rate for England.
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