The Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) wants the Government to encourage schools across the country to follow in the footsteps of those in London that have already adopted a sugar-free approach.
According to new analysis of NHS figures by the FDS, over a three-year period, there were more than 100,000 hospital admissions for children under the age of ten due to tooth decay.
The call for all schools in England to become sugar-free is just one recommendation made by the FDS in a position statement published yesterday as an update to its 2015 report into children’s oral health.
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