KUALA LUMPUR: Parents should bring their infants to government clinics for oral healthcare starting from the age of 12 months, urged Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the standard of care now was to have a first dental visit by the age of one year old as the ministry wanted to gain access to children before they developed dental caries.
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