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Are parents failing children in upholding proper dental hygiene?

Dr. Dorcas Suba PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD

NAIROBI: Poor oral health hygiene is plaguing the next generation of Kenya’s workforce, says the country’s first ever Dental Health Report.

Released in November 2015, the Kenya National Oral Health Survey found that Kenyans have a long way to go before they achieve recommended standards of dental hygiene and sadly, the future already looks bleak for children who will be adults by the year 2030.

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