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1 day agoThe Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children's teeth | Editorial
Disadvantaged primary school pupils at the government's first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing that a fifth of all five-year-olds in England have experienced tooth decay persuaded ministers to make improved oral health part of the early years and reception class curriculum. But the prevalence of decay is not evenly spread across the country.
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