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A US dentist is offering the buy sweets from children who go trick-or-treating this Halloween - to help save their teeth.

Craig Callen, of Mansfield, Ohio, is offering kids $1 per pound of lollies - and is even throwing in a toothbrush.

Children will be able to bring up to 5lbs of sweets to his surgery and exchange them for cash, reports the Mansfield News Journal.

Mr Callen said he and his associates had agreed to put $1,000 into the promotion.

"Visiting your dentist twice a year and brushing your teeth are great preventive measures, but doing away with excess sweets would really give your teeth a healthy boost," he said.

"Kids can have the fun of trick-or-treating, and now their piggy banks will benefit as well."