Dental care plea for kids.WIRRAL'S health officials are facing calls to bring back dental screening to primary schools after it was revealed the borough has higher than average cases of tooth decay Tooth Decay Definition Tooth decay, which is also called dental cavities or dental caries, is the destruction of the outer surface (enamel) of a tooth. . According to data from the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO APhO Asian Physics Olympiad APHO Association de la Pharmacie Hospitalière de l'Ouest ), Wirral children are above the national average for dental problems. On average, a child in England has 1.5 teeth decayed, filled or extracted by the time he or she reaches the age of five. But, in Wirral, the figure is 1.7 teeth, according to the APHO. |
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