Children in Kalundborg has more holes than average

A local works councils within the municipal dental care warns against a spareforslag, which provides for the children first be convened dental examinations at age two, instead of as now one year old.

Every seventh child lives in a socially deprived home
Local Cooperation states that every seventh child in Kalundborg municipality comes from a socially deprived homes, and that this can be read on cariestallene writes Nordvestnyt. The staff at the municipal dental care in Kalundborg finds more holes in the teeth of local children and young people than average in the region.

Prevention is the way forward
The Committee notes that recent research shows that prevention is the way forward - and the sooner the better. And it is particularly important with early intervention when there are children from disadvantaged homes. Co believes that the negative trend in children's dental health will be enhanced if the tooth is exposed to the sight of one year.

Parents do not take responsibility for their children's dental health

Two out of five parents defy Dental Association recommendations, and not helping their children to brush teeth, according to a new study by Codan Insurance. According to the survey, nearly one in four children under 11 years today one or more holes in the teeth. Meanwhile, 44 percent of all children eat candy two to three times a week.

Parents do not help with brushing
"Our customers are generally very good to report their children's dental injuries and are actually worried that something happens to their children's teeth, which is very positive. Therefore, it is surprising that many parents have lost interest in brushing their children at a time when kids need most, "says Codan's press chief, Jens Nüchel and indicate that children have permanent teeth as early as 6-years old .

A child's milk teeth are replaced when the child is between six and twelve years. And the child's fine motor skills are not developed enough that it can handle the brushing until the child is about 10 years. Therefore, the recommendation to all parents that they must help the child with tooth brushing until the child is at least 10 years. In the 12-14 year age comes tolvårstænder child who sits behind seksårstænderne. And until the child can keep his teeth clean properly, parents should help with brushing at least once a day.

In Dental Association you are aware of the problem and here is believed that the parents of the so called "zero-hole generation, has placed responsibility for their children's dental health from him, when as many as 40 percent of parents helps children to keep teeth clean.

"The so-called 'null-holes-generation' who grew up with fluoride rinses in school, has become an adult. In this generation there is a tendency to place responsibility for their children's teeth than the dentist, the dentist, which ensures that children do not get holes. Some parents in this generation do not see brushing as something they must perform for their children because so few of them have ever had tooth decay. Dental care is still often placed in schools or are in school, but the intervals between children's dental visits in recent years has increased. Therefore it is more important that parents take their responsibility to help children with brushing until the child is 10-12 years, "says dental consultant in Dental Association Birthe Cortsen.

Parents do not know what that threaten their children's teeth
"Over 60 percent of parents worry about whether children fall and strike the teeth while the real risk of tooth damage is that the parents actually fill their children with sweets. There is an exaggerated fear that their children fall and hurt, "says press chief Jens Nüchel, Codan.

The children eat sugary cases several times a week
Codan Insurance is undergoing a major general survey on child health, among other things, focuses on the Danish 'problems with increasing obesity and poor dental health. One reason seems to be that kids are fed candy from an early infancy.

According to the survey will have three percent of children between 0 and 2 years sweets daily. While 32 percent of this age are fed with sweets, cakes or other sugary cases, two to three times a week.

1 in 10 children aged between 10 and 12 eat sweets daily. And for the 13 to 15 years old children, the figure is 11 percent, while 12 percent of those 16 to 17 year olds eat sweets every day. Overall eat 44 percent of all children sweets two to three times a week.

The survey was conducted from 16 - 18 June 2009. And 1018 respondents participated in the study.

Municipal dental care in free-decay

Dental chairs are being patched with duct tape and during treatment must be supported with a clinic assistant's knees lest they should fall together. It may be the 840 children on waiting lists across Nordfyns municipality can look forward to.

According Fyens Stiftstidende equipped in the north of Funen municipal dental care in as much due to the frankly fell apart if it were not for duct tape and clinic assistants physical support during treatment. Also drills are so mutilated that they overheat, foot pedals must also be repaired with duct tape and weary head restraints as dental assistants must keep up with knees to ensure that the larger children's heads did not suddenly fall backwards during treatment.

Nordfyns Municipality recognizes the problem
In an internal investigation gets more than half of the municipality's 12 dental chairs and related equipment as stated on the municipality's four dental clinics failing grade. The chairs are so old that they no longer can get parts. And last year alone ran up the maintenance of 124,000 pounds.

In addition to the extensive equipment problems in the municipal dental clinics are currently no fewer than 840 children on waiting lists for everything from simple analysis to bracket processing.