Tonight

Season 14, Episode 10

Episode Title: Our Kids Rotten Teeth

Air Date: 2012-03-15

Overview:

There has been some remarkable progress in dental health recently - yet a third of children in the UK have tooth decay by the time they start primary school. Every year tens of thousands of them require hospital operations to remove their rotting teeth. Tonight investigates why this entirely preventable disease is still such a problem in 2012 and what can be done to eradicate it.