Official Statistics

Oral health survey of children attending special support schools

Results of this first national survey which took place in the academic year 2013 to 2014.

From:
Public Health England
Published
24 September 2015
Last updated
27 December 2018 — See all updates

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Oral health survey for children in special support schools 2014 report

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2015218

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Oral health survey for 5 and 12 year olds in special support schools 2014 results.xlsx

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Oral health survey special support schools 2013 protocol

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2013-246

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The results of the survey, broken down by region, show:

  • wide variation in tooth decay prevalence and severity in both 5 and 12 year old children attending special support schools in England

  • children in special support schools have slightly lower levels of tooth decay than children in mainstream schools but are more likely to have experienced extraction of one or more teeth

  • plaque levels were higher among 12 year old children attending special support schools compared with those in mainstream schools

Published 24 September 2015
Last updated 27 December 2018 + show all updates

  1. Changed link to The UK Government Web Archive.

  2. First published.

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