"Eat them up all in one go", advises Oxfordshire dental expert
Dental expert from Oxfordshire tells us the best way to eat Easter eggs for our teeth
A dental expert from Oxfordshire is warning about the lasting damage chocolate can cause to teeth, such as tooth decay, ahead of Easter.
Tooth decay remains the main reasons why children aged five between nine years old are being admitted into hospital- according to official figures.
The numbers also show that almost three thousand kids went to A and E last year- solely because they had such severe tooth ache.
Michael Reevey is a retired dentist from Thame, he said: “Chocolate, like any food that contains sugar, will contribute to tooth decay because the sugar content provides fuel for bacteria in the mouth, which then produces acids, erosion and tooth decay.”
What’s the best way to eat chocolate?
Mr Reevey says, “My advice is to eat them up all in one go, more or less, because small amounts spread across the day will cause more problems for your teeth than if the chocolate was to be eaten quickly in one sitting.
He added: “Dark chocolate with a higher cocoa content typically contains less sugar and consuming dark chocolate in moderation may well be less harmful to tooth health than milk chocolate.”
What's the Government doing to improve dentistry?
The Department of Health and Social Care say they're rolling out an extra 700 thousand urgent dental appointments, across the UK.
The Government are also rolling out supervised toothbrushing for 3 to 5 year olds, to improve youngsters mental health.
Number 10 says this marks the first steps towards rebuilding NHS dentistry.