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

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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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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes but if you drink sugary drinks over water it doesn't make much difference

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Surely we'd be seeing similar levels of tooth decay in US children then? Is it related to the NHS and dental costs? Or some environmental or genetic factor?