title: Ending the misery of child dental decay.
abstract: Dental caries in children's teeth has drastically declined in the last 30 years. We should be proud of this achievement but there is much still to do. One of the greatest stumbling blocks to further progress is, I believe, the current payment system for NHS children's dentistry which has failed to promote effective prevention amongst the most caries prone. To remedy this I propose some simple, low cost changes which could make decay in a child's tooth a rarity in our practices.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reekie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D005459:Fluorides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants; D005459:Fluorides