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Saturday, January 07, 2012

Scotland - Battle to get kids signed up to NHS dentist

Battle to get kids signed up to NHS dentist
Neil Evans
Aberdeen Evening Express
January 6, 2012
A QUARTER of all children across the North-east are still not signed up to an NHS dentist, it was revealed today.
And a senior health boss admitted today there was still a big obstacle in the battle to find about 20,000 kids missing from NHS Grampian's dental register.
Ray Watkins, consultant in Dental Public Health at NHS Grampian, said the fact that 25% of children across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray were still not signed up to an NHS dentist was a "major problem".
Last month, new figures showed that levels of tooth decay among children had fallen and the standard of kids' teeth was at its highest ever. But Mr Watkins said NHS Grampian was still concerned not all children were being seen by a dentist.
He praised programmes such as ChildSmile, which has seen dental nurses going into schools and treating children's teeth.
But he said: "There has been a lot of positive work. But we still find there is a section of people out there who do not come and use the service.
"There are 75% of children registered, that is the lowest in the country - 25% is about 20,000 children.
"Some of them may be receiving treatment privately, but we are concerned that many of them will be more deprived areas."
Mr Watkins, pictured, said NHS Grampian was waiting for more research to come back on what areas non-registered children were coming from and then would start targeting them over the next three months.
Figures released last year showed 70.5% of P7 pupils in Grampian showed no clear signs of tooth decay.
The number of people overall registered with NHS dentists in the region increased, but just 53.5% of the North-east population are registered, against a national average of 75.6%.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said more youngsters are being registered with NHS dentists.
She said: "As of 30 September 2011, 86% of children in Scotland are registered with an NHS dentist."
"Good teeth vital for our kids' future"

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