UK schools rank last in providing oral health education

The survey reports that UK schools rank last in promoting good oral health. When asked if their child's school provided lessons on the importance of good oral care, only 29% of parents from the UK said this was the case, which was dramatically lower than the results from 12 other countries. This puts the UK at the bottom of the list behind USA (53%), Australia (54%), Germany (69%), China (77%), Saudi Arabia (81%), Poland (84%), Morocco and Algeria (86%), Indonesia(87%), Brazil and India (91%), and Mexico (93%).

49% percent of parents from the UK also 'didn't know' how often their child's school gave lessons on good oral care, with parents from Australia and the USA not that far behind at 35% and 32%, respectively. This was in stark contrast to the results from Germany (19%), Saudi Arabia (12%), Poland (10%), China, Indonesia and Morocco (9%), Algeria (6%), India(5%), Brazil (3%) and Mexico (1%).