{"id":890,"date":"2018-05-29T10:27:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T09:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/?p=890"},"modified":"2018-06-07T12:22:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T11:22:21","slug":"radio-day-help-prevent-tooth-decay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/radio-day-help-prevent-tooth-decay\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio day to help prevent tooth decay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking research has revealed\u00a0that nearly a third (31%) of 5-year-olds and nearly half (46%) of 8-year-olds in the UK have obvious tooth decay in their primary teeth.\u00a0Also, it was found that, sadly, 35% of 12-year-old children are too embarrassed to smile or laugh due to tooth decay or missing teeth.\u00a0These dental health issues come down to many factors, including poor oral care habits and nutrition.\u00a0 However, with the right support, they\u2019re mostly preventable.<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsmilemonth.org\/\">National Smile Month<\/a> [14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May &#8211; 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June], campaign sponsor, Oral-B has been on a mission to help UK parents adopt appropriate home-based oral health behaviours and thereby reduce the number of children with toothache and dental problems \u2013 all through its #StrongTeethMakeStrongKids campaign.<\/p>\n<p>I was very pleased to be asked to take part in a radio day for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalhealth.org\/\">Oral Health Foundation<\/a> along with\u00a0Oral-B Smile Director, Dr\u00a0Uchenna Okoye. We were interviewed by a number of radio presenters up and down the country, sharing advice and tips from Oral-B\u2019s \u201c<em>Strong Teeth Make Strong Kids\u201d<\/em>\u00a0programme, which\u00a0aims to educate and support parents on how they can help their children develop the right habits, as well as lay down a strong foundation for good oral health, for a healthy and confident smile for life. 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During National Smile Month [14th\u00a0May &#8211; 14th\u00a0June], campaign sponsor, Oral-B has been on a mission to help UK parents adopt appropriate home-based oral health behaviours and thereby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Radio day to help prevent tooth decay - Dr Ben Atkins BDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/radio-day-help-prevent-tooth-decay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio day to help prevent tooth decay - Dr Ben Atkins BDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shocking research has revealed\u00a0that nearly a third (31%) of 5-year-olds and nearly half (46%) of 8-year-olds in the UK have obvious tooth decay in their primary teeth.\u00a0Also, it was found that, sadly, 35% of 12-year-old children are too embarrassed to smile or laugh due to tooth decay or missing teeth.\u00a0These dental health issues come down to many factors, including poor oral care habits and nutrition.\u00a0 However, with the right support, they\u2019re mostly preventable. 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