What are the causes of poor oral health?
Unfortunately, poor oral health disproportionately affects the most vulnerable people in society, including children. Many children have poor diets and poor mouth hygiene because they eat too much sugar and do not clean their teeth with fluoride toothpaste.
As a society, we should help parents and carers give their children the best start in life, and act now to stop the rot before it starts. Some people believe that the health of a child's first teeth does not matter as "they will fall out anyway". However, severe tooth decay at a young age can have negative consequences in later life.
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