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Letters Children’s right to oral health

Children’s right to oral health—day to day, right from the start

BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r54 (Published 15 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r54
  1. Jenny C Harris, consultant and honorary senior lecturer in community paediatric dentistry1 2
  1. 1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Community and Special Care Dentistry, Wheata Place Dental Clinic, Sheffield, UK
  2. 2University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  1. jenny.harris{at}nhs.net

At a time when access to NHS dentistry has reached crisis point, it is good to see oral health featured in The BMJ.1 The authors rightly raise awareness of the crucial importance of upholding children’s right to oral health at a population level and on a global scale. I affirm their advocacy for upstream public health approaches. It bears repeating …

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