A supervised toothbrushing initiative is being launched to combat tooth decay among children. The programme, aimed at children aged between three and five, will be rolled out in early years ...

“Maintaining oral health from a young age, including regular brushing and flossing, helps prevent tooth decay, gum disease and other issues that make it difficult for children to eat and speak ...

Concern over the state of children's teeth comes amid a population-wide emergency in dental services that has seen people ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new dental treatment to protect the teeth from decay and acid erosion, using cutting-edge civil engineering technology used to create ...

Ministers say 600,000 children each year will benefit from ... “It’s shocking a third of five-year-olds in deprived areas have tooth decay. "We’re delivering supervised toothbrushing to ...

It comes as emergency tooth extractions due to tooth decay remain the number one reason children aged five to nine are admitted to hospital. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to fix “the ...

Children in Birmingham's most deprived areas will get access to a programme to help protect them from tooth decay, the government has announced today (March 7). One in four children aged five has ...

Children across Lancashire are set to benefit from a £2.4 million investment into preventing tooth decay. Data released last month revealed that almost half of five-year-olds in Pendle suffered ...