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Flouride varnishes for all primary children

Free fluoride varnish treatments will be offered to every primary school child from next year. 

As part of the new Smile of Mann programme, treatments will be given twice a year by dental nurses. 

The government says the varnish prevents tooth decay and dental cavities, takes five minutes and is painless. 

Public Health professor Ross Keat says it follows a report which showed Island five year olds have higher levels of tooth decay than their UK counterparts. 

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