Australian kids’ oral health poor

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A new study has revealed that many children in Australia have poor oral health.

Child Health Survey, which was commissioned by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, discovered that 50% of Ozzy six-year-olds experienced tooth decay.

It also found that 57% of children aged 12 to 15 experienced tooth decay in their permanent teeth.

The study blamed the consumption of soft drinks and fruit juice, which are both rammed with sugar, as the primary cause of the decay.

Dr Katina Routsios,

a Hurstville dentist, claimed that babies as young as 12-months-old were experiencing tooth decay.

She also revealed that she had seen three-year-old children that needed to have black molars extracted in hospital.

Decayed teeth, if untreated, can affect the way that adult teeth develop and infections from decayed teeth can spread to other parts of the body.

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