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Article: Look! Health: Give your child a perfect smile; Debbie Johnson on how to encourage your child to give up their dummy.(Features)
- Article from:
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2004
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Byline: Debbie Johnson
IT'S time to ditch the dummy -according to health experts in Liver-pool. The time honoured tradition of giving a baby or toddler a soother might buy a parent a few moments of peace and quiet in the short term -but in the long term,children could be at risk of developing a speech defect or arched teeth.
A new campaign by the Dental Health Promotion Service, which is co- funded by South, North and Central Liverpool Primary Care Trusts,aims to raise awareness of dental care for children.
Dummies are one of the key issues,as are ...