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Editorial
. 2024 Sep 24:386:e082022.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-082022.

Children's right to oral health

Dominique Mollet  1   2 , Greig Taylor  3 , Brigit Toebes  2
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Editorial

Children's right to oral health

Dominique Mollet et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

A focus on rights can help improve children’s oral health globally

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare no other interests. Further details of The BMJ policy on financial interests are here: https://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2016/03/16-current-bmj-education-coi-form.pdf Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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