Don’t Be Haunted by Children’s Tooth Decay This Halloween

TRICHED TREATS O0T31 BY HALLOWEEN AND THE HORRORS OF CHILUREN'S TOOT! DECHY rowlands pharmacy WHILE HALLOWEEN IS ALL ABOUT HAVING SCREAMINOLY G0OD FUN, IT CAN BE A TERRIFYING TIME FOR OUR CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH. ALL THOSE SWEETS AND SUGARY TREATS CAN WREAK HAVOC UPON OUR LITTLE MONSTERS' TEETH, LEAVING THEM HAUNTED BY TOOTH DECAY, CAVITIES, AND EVEN EXTRACTIONS. SO BEFORE YOUR GHOULS AND BOYS GET TRICKED BY THE HALLOWEEN TREATS, LET'S TAKE A WALK UP TRICK OR TREAT STREET, AND FIND OUT WHAT KINDS OF DENTAL HERLTH HORRORS ARE LURKING BEHIND THE DOORS... 00 THIS WAY TO THREE-QUARTERS (74%) OF PARENTS ADMIT THRT THEY BUY HALLOWEEN SWEETS OR CHOCOLATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AT HALLOWEEN. TRICK OR TREAT STREET CREEPY CANDY COTTAGE BUT ALMOST HRLF (48%) INSIST THRI THEIR LITTLE ONES ONLY EAT 'ONE TO TWO' PACKETS. NO 26% YES 74% 48% 50% 40% How many packets of sweets do your children eat at Halloween? 30% 20% 9% Do you buy sweets or chocolate for your children at Halloween? 10% 5% 0% 1-2 2-5 5-10 10+ 80% ...AND O RATE THEIR CHILDREN'S DENTAL HERLTH AS 'ABOVE AVERAGE' OR'EXCELLENT' YET UK STATISTICS TELL A MORE TERRIFYING TALE ... IN 2013-14, AROUND 46,500 CHILDREN AOED 18 AND UNDER WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH TOOTH DECAY AT R COST OF £30 MILLION TOOTHL DECAY lOWERS TO THE NHS. TOOTH DECAY IN CHILDREN'S TETH HAS REDUCED OVERALL OVER THE PAST DECADE OR S0... 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 BUT IT'S STILL FRIOHTEULLY FREQUENT IN YOUNGER CHILDREN. Ill MILK TEETH MISERY TOOTH DECAY IS NOW THE MOST COMMON REASON WHY FIVE TO NINE YEAR OLDS ARE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL... 26,000 MANOR ...WITH 26,000 CHILDREN THIS AOE NEEDING A GENERAL ANRESTHETIO FOR TOOTH EXTRACTIONS ERCH YEAR. ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL EIGHT YEAR OLDS, AND 1 IN 5 FIVE YEAR OLDS, HAVE VISIBLE SIONS OF TOOTH DEGRY. RIP RIP WHAT MORE SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT BE DOING TO PREVENT DENTAL DREADFULNESS? ALTHOUGH DENTAL ...0VER HALF OF PARENTS BELIEVE DENTAL HORRORS HOLLOW THRT THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T DOING ENOUGH TO RAISE TREATMENT ON THE NHS IS FREE AWARENESS OF TOOTH DECAY... FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18... YES Do you believe the Government NO ...AND ALMOST TWO-THIRDS WANT 52% 48% is doing enough to raise awareness SUGARY SWEETS AND TREATS TO CARRY CIGARETTE-STYLE PHOTOS TO WARN OF THE of tooth decay? DANGERS TO CHILDREN'S TEETH. Should sugary sweets carry cigarette-style photos to warn of dangers to children's teeth?" YES 64% NO 36% FIENDISHLY GREAT DENTAL HYOIENE STARTS AT HOME TOO... 14% OF PARENTS MAKE THEIR CHILDREN LURKING GOOD LODGE BRUSH JUST ONCE A DAY... 3 OUT OF 4 100%. PARENTS FEEL THEIR CHILDREN NEED ENCOURAGEMENT TO TAKE 73% 80% CARE OF THEIR TEETH. 60% 40% 14% 20% 13% 48% 0% MORE THRN TWICE R DAY TWICE R DRY ONCE R DRY Do you need to encourage your child to brush their teeth? EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT THE SHOCKING 25% STATE OF CHILDREN'S TEETH IS BECAUSE CHILDREN AREN'T BRUSHING THEIR TEETH PROPERLY 10% 9% 7% AND WAITING UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE TO SEE A DENTIST. STRONOLY DISAOREE NEITHER ROREE NOR DISROREE STRONOLY DISROREE DISROREE ROREE SO WHEN YOUR LITTLE MONSTERS ARE TUCKING INTO THEIR TREATS THIS HRLLOWEEN... DONT LET THEM BE TRICKED EY HEIR FAVOURITE TREATS! MAKE SURE YOUR TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PUMPKINS BRUSH THEIR ABOUT WHAT CRN HAPPEN SWEETS THAT YOUR IF THEY ERT TO0 MANY TREATS, AND ENCOURAGE TEETH BT LEAST TWICE A CHILDREN EAT, AND DON'T DAY, AND ALWAYS AT LET THEM KEEP SWEETS LEAST 30 MINUTES THEM TO CHOOSE IN THEIR BEDROOMS. AFTER ERTING SWEETS. HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES. RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP DIP Data Sources Rowlands Pharmacy Survey rowlands pharmacy Trick or Tr-eat: Children's Dental Health at Halloween' October 2015 Child Dental Health Survey 2013 Web Loyalty Research 2014 Royal College of Surgeons Report 2015 a company of the PHOENIX group