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Britse artsen luiden de noodklok over de staat van de gebitten van de Britse kinderen: Child tooth removal 'at crisis point', doctors warn
12 July 2015
Doctors are calling for urgent action to reduce the number of children needing to have rotten teeth removed under general anaesthetic in hospital.
Nearly 26,000 children, aged five to nine, were admitted to hospital in England in 2013-14, up 14% from 2011, with tooth decay.
The Royal College of Surgeons says many hospitals are reaching "crisis point" managing the number of children.
The government says children's dental health has improved in the past decade.
But Prof Nigel Hunt, dean of the Royal College of Surgeons' dental faculty, believes more needs to be done.
"It is absolutely intolerable that in this day and age, in a civilised country, children are having so many teeth out for decay, which is over 90% preventable. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-33498324 via http://www.leefbewust.com/2015/global/170715.html
12 July 2015
Doctors are calling for urgent action to reduce the number of children needing to have rotten teeth removed under general anaesthetic in hospital.
Nearly 26,000 children, aged five to nine, were admitted to hospital in England in 2013-14, up 14% from 2011, with tooth decay.
The Royal College of Surgeons says many hospitals are reaching "crisis point" managing the number of children.
The government says children's dental health has improved in the past decade.
But Prof Nigel Hunt, dean of the Royal College of Surgeons' dental faculty, believes more needs to be done.
"It is absolutely intolerable that in this day and age, in a civilised country, children are having so many teeth out for decay, which is over 90% preventable. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-33498324 via http://www.leefbewust.com/2015/global/170715.html