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Children get tooth brushing lessons as U.K. battles dental care crisis (www.canadianaffairs.news)

submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/world@quokk.au

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Concern over the state of children's teeth comes amid a population-wide emergency in dental services that has seen people resorting to "Victorian-era" solutions such as pulling out their own teeth.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't that say "teeth brushing lessons," or is that an American thing.

[–] fjordo@feddit.uk 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tooth brushing sounds more natural to me. I'm from the UK.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

It sounds from my POV that you're going to go home and brush your tooth. Given the content of this post, it kind of struck me as funny. OTOH, we do use a tooth brush, so Idk.