FOUR new Childsmile vans will drive to nurseries and primary schools across the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, including Alexandria and Dumbarton.
Specially trained Dental Nurses will then apply a special fluoride varnish to children's teeth as part of the ongoing national campaign to prevent tooth decay from an early age.
The vans are part of the National Childsmile Nursery and Schools Oral Health Improvement Programme and are an exciting development to bring dental preventative services directly to nurseries and schools....
Parents will be asked to complete consent forms allowing their children to take part in the programme and it is hoped that this, along with all the other Childsmile programmes available, will help reduce the number of children showing signs of early tooth decay.
Ray McAndrew, associate medical director (Dental), said: "Tooth decay is a widespread condition in the West of Scotland and a particular problem in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
"The Childsmile programme uses fluoride varnish to help reduce tooth decay in children. Fluoride varnish is a golden gel which is applied to children's teeth using a soft brush. The varnish sets quickly and has a pleasant taste and a fruity smell."
It's a poison won't that encourage kids to swallow it?
22 Nov 2011
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I should think some could be swallowed if it mixes with saliva before it sets, but at least it's only applied once so is a better alternative than whole populations being condemned to poisoned water. Children swallow toothpaste all the time so it's no worse than that.
I do not approve of any fluoride treatments or oral products, particularly for children, but fluoridation is the greatest evil of them all. At least consent is required for Childsmile, unlike the enforced mass medication that is water fluoridation.
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