Research and analysis
Oral health of 5 year old children in local authorities
Local authority area trends in the oral health of 5 year olds and information on the commissioning of programmes to improve oral health in children.
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Public Health England has published, for the first time, these 2 reports presenting information on the oral health of children at local authority level:
- 鈥楲ocal authority area variation in the oral health of 5 year olds鈥� identifies the 30 local authority areas with higher levels of tooth decay and the trends in decay over the past 9 years
- 鈥極ral health improvement programmes commissioned by local authorities鈥� shows which oral health improvement programmes local authorities are currently commissioning
Both reports should be read in conjunction with the official statistics publication National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England: oral health survey of 5 year old children 2017.
Updates to this page
Published 15 May 2018