Glasgow’s ‘Big Smile Big Band’ world record attempt

It was an event organised to mark National Smile Month, which itself is organised each year by the Oral Health Foundation. The event was the result of a light-hearted comment made during discussions between Professor Jeremy Bagg (head of the dental school at the University of Glasgow) and Dr Will McLean (lead for alumni development at the dental school) about the next big event for Glasgow Dental School. Will had remembered, from his childhood, Roy Castle asking, “Do you want to be a record breaker?” and it was agreed at that meeting, that surely many would like to be – so the wheels were set in motion to break a world record! With this in mind, dental school and other university staff, dental alumni, schoolchildren and teachers from the Glasgow area were invited to form the lips and teeth of a giant smile to highlight the importance of good oral health and set a Guinness World Record.