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Scottish parents and children
What percentage of 5 year olds in poor areas were decay free?
What percentage were in: England?
Norway?
What programme does the Scottish government have in place to help combat this?
What does this programme entail?
55% 75% 73-86% Childsmile programme Every child attending nursery in Scotland has daily supervised tooth brushing
Preventative oral care techniques
What 3 ways are there?
What fraction of adults brush their teeth once a day?
What technology is there?
What do they advise you to use?
What has become more common?
How long should you chew sugar free gum after a meal/drink?
How does this help?(2)
What does increased flow of saliva promote?
Teeth brushing, reducing sugar intake, chewing sugar free gum
1/4
Apps, which have 2 min music clip timers
High fluoride toothpaste
Snacking several times throughout day
20 minutes
Neutralises saliva and helps remove good remains
Remineralisation of tooth enamel
What is the number 1 admission of children to hospitals in the U.K.?
Tooth decay
Study of fluoride Who carried it out? What did the study find? What age was this compared on? How much money could this save the NHS per child?
Cardiff university of dentistry
Applying fluoride varnishes is more effective than fissure sealants
6/7
£68 or more
Satisfaction in NHS dentistry What is it the highest in? Who carried out the research? What was the survey called? When was it carried out? How many were surveyed on: overall satisfaction? Individual satisfaction? By what percentage had this increased since 2015? To what percentage?
2 decades National centre for social research British social attitudes survey July-October 2016 3000 1000 7% 61%
How much have the NHS costs increased each year for the past two years?
What could this cause?
What is in place to help those who are not exempt?
5%
Could deter patients
NHS low income scheme
