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Wealthier New Zealanders are more likely to buy fluoride-free toothpaste, making a tooth decay ‘epidemic’ worse

Wealthier New Zealanders are more likely to buy fluoride-free toothpaste, making a tooth decay ‘epidemic’ worse

Posted on by University of Canterbury

Wealthier New Zealanders are more likely to buy fluoride-free toothpaste, making a tooth decay ‘epidemic’ worse The 6-7% of children and adults who use natural toothpaste may not realise that using these fluoride-free products is contributing to NZ’s ‘neglected epidemic’ of tooth decay, says UC’s Dr Matt Hobbs in The Conversation. The 2016 Global Burden…

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Kiwi pre-schoolers losing teeth to painful, preventable tooth decay

Kiwi pre-schoolers losing teeth to painful, preventable tooth decay

Posted on by University of Canterbury

Kiwi pre-schoolers losing teeth to painful, preventable tooth decay Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented, according to research published today in JAMA Paediatrics, the highest-ranking journal of Paediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health in the world. Dr Matthew Hobbs, UC Senior Lecturer in Public Health, participated in a study…

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