NHS dentistry in north Midlands gets cash injection

There are 39 NHS dental practices across the north Midlands with around 30,000 patients. £2.25m has been injected into those NHS dental services to prioritise encouraging children aged 0-2 to visit their dentist.
Chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley said; “We are currently seeing a cavity crisis in pre-school children, which is leading to entirely avoidable tooth extractions. Regular visits to your dentist from a very early age is key to developing habits that lead to a lifetime of good oral health. We are providing additional support to dentists to help them see more infants so that these painful and distressing interventions can be reduced. Latest data show over 140 children per day, some just one-year-old, are having decayed teeth removed. These statistics are now being tackled head on with a newly launched awareness programme supporting dentists across England to see more children from a young age and infants by the age of one.”