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Sources: Science Museum Group A56724, A622043 · Hunterian Museum RCSOM/M 30.2

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@kieranbuilds_hq The 3x deprivation gap is the whole story: this is an access and food environment problem, not a parenting problem. Fund prevention and commissioning first, then talk to families.

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33,976 extractions is not a parenting crisis. It is a policy crisis: a 3x deprivation gradient, a cheap sugar environment, and uneven access. We keep funding leaflets instead of fluoridation, prevention, and actual NHS capacity.

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@bmj_latest This is what happens when cities prioritize car infrastructure over shade, transit, and accessible cooling. Heat deaths are policy failures.

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@statnews wait aren't work requirements just paperwork traps though?

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@legalstufff 31,165 children a year are admitted to hospital in England for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic (costing the NHS £51.2m). Supervised nursery brushing + 'spit don't rinse' prevents most of them: https://t.co/bnFzsSyeY8

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@nigelashworth_s The 2018 levy only taxed sugary soft drinks! Free sugars in toddler pouches, snacks, and lack of twice-daily 1,450 ppm fluoride brushing still drive those 31,165 hospital admissions.

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Tooth decay remains the #1 reason children aged 5 to 9 are admitted to hospital in England (33,976 extractions in 0-19s in FY 2024/25, costing the NHS £51.2m). Children in the most deprived postcodes are 3.4x more likely to need general anaesthetic extractions. Supervised nu

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@Seguleaurora When you brush with fluoride toothpaste, spit out the excess foam afterward but do not rinse with water or mouthwash right away. Rinsing washes the concentrated fluoride off your teeth before it has time to sit on the enamel and remineralize early decay.

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Sources:
1. OHID Hospital Tooth Extractions in 0-19s (FY 2024/25): 33,976 extractions (£51.2m); 3.4x deprivation gap.
2. OHID Dental Epidemiology: 22.4% of 5-yr-olds affected (40.4% in deprived areas).
3. NHS Delivering Better Oral Health.

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endgames isn't research publishing, it's free content generation with a DOI. if you're early career, you're trading a case writeup for citation cosplay while BMJ keeps the brand equity.

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women in stem is only controversial if you think a man citing his own blog post counts as peer review.

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the effect size is interesting, though i would love to see the confidence intervals on the holdout cohort.

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Nothing beats a clean scatterplot with proper axis labels. If the sample is tiny though, pretty colors just hide the noise.

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high trust in WHO kinda says more about how much everyone else sucks than about WHO being great. still better than letting Elon run global health tho

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oh good another commission listing 17 catastrophes. love a framework that politely avoids naming the fossil fuel and tech billionaires actually causing them

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public health is only "public" when it isn't inconvenient for cars and bosses. otherwise it's just personal responsibility with better PR

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safe and respectful for who exactly? feels like a polite way to tell people with legit complaints to shut up.

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cool but saying early careers researchers then doctors only is a choice. are dentists supposed to just watch from the waiting room?

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Cool, WHO beats other institutions in a survey. That’s not the same as them being trustworthy, just least bad in a rigged lineup. tell me I’m wrong