THE dental health of five-year-olds in Barnsley has shown a marked improvement.
Newly published figures from Public Health England (PHE) show over a three year period the number of children in the borough with tooth decay has fallen.
Within a group of 16 local authorities between 2012 and 2015, Barnsley progressed from being the fourth highest in terms dental decay severity among five-year-olds to the sixth lowest.
However, Barnsley’s latest figure of 1.1 decayed, missing or filled teeth per child is still higher than the national rate rate of 0.8.
Over the three year period the severity of tooth decay in a survey of Barnsley five-year-olds has fallen dropped from 1.6 teeth per child which were decayed, missing or filled.
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