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<p>As set out in the green paper <em>Advancing our health; Prevention in the 2020s</em>,
the Government intends to seek views on the merits of expanding the current provision
to reach more children in pre-school and primary school settings in England. Water
fluoridation is also clinically proven to improve oral health particularly for children.
The green paper set out a commitment to reduce the barriers to expanding water fluoridation
and this is being carefully considered.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no recent national
evaluation of the effectiveness of the existing local authority led individual schemes
that promote toothbrushing. Public Health England regularly review available evidence
on the effectiveness of measures to promote oral health including supervised toothbrushing.
This includes evidence from schemes in England and those in other parts of the United
Kingdom including the well-established scheme in Scotland.</p>
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