Tariq Drabu Concerned That One in Five Parents in East Anglia Have Never Taken Child to Dentist in 2015

Manchester, United Kingdom, July 29, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Tariq Drabu is a Manchester born and educated dentist and specialist oral surgeon. He is one of the youngest dentists to ever graduate in the United Kingdom at twenty one years of age and has worked in some of the busiest dental hospitals in the UK and Saudi Arabia. Dr Drabu always showed a keen interest in oral surgery and he received his Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Today he is the owner of the successful Langley Dental Practice and is also the Clinical Lead Dentist for the Oral Surgery Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services at NHS Heywood Middleton and Rochdale. He also finds time in his busy schedule to tutor and mentor postgraduate dentists in oral surgery at the UCLAN Dental Practice in Preston.

Tariq Drabu was speaking about a recent article published on a leading dentistry website. The full article, which was published on 23 July 2015, can be read on Dentistry.

Tariq Drabu in Manchester said “One in five parents located in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk in the United Kingdom, have never taken their children to the dentist. The new study carried out by Mydentist shows that nineteen percent of parents located in East Anglia have never taken their child to the dentist. This is a serious concern, especially in this day and age where we focus on educating parents and teaching them the importance of oral health for their children. This is the lowest number in the whole of the United Kingdom.”

Tariq Drabu went on to say “Tooth decay, gum disease, unnecessary pain. These are the symptoms and problems children can encounter. Just because a child may not have their permanent teeth yet, does not mean that oral hygiene is something to be overlooked. Parents need to take responsibility for their children and ensure that their children see the dentist the minute their first tooth appears. Most children should have their first dental appointment by the age of one years of age.”

Tariq Drabu closed in saying “Seven hundred thousand children under the age of eight that do visit the dentist have at least one filling, this excludes the thousands of children being hospitalized in the United Kingdom each year to have teeth extracted. Education, diet and good oral hygiene at home are things children should get used to, making them a habit to improve oral health throughout their lives.”