Oral health inequalities

CORE20PLUS5 – Children and Young People, is a national NHS England initiative that aims to reduce health inequalities at a national and system level by targeting the most deprived 20% of the population.  

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Oral health is one of the 5 clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement.

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Supervised toothbrushing directly addresses the concern of “the backlog for tooth extractions in hospital for under 10s”