Oral health charity launches new programme for schools

The leading independent oral health charity have developed Brush Time to help nursery and school staff teach children how to brush their teeth correctly; it provides all the information and tools they need to develop engaging, interactive and informative lessons for their pupils.

Brush Time is also a great resource for dental professionals who visit schools to help deliver important oral health messages to children, or for those who are looking to do so.

The charity developed the programme, which is free to download, in response to a recently published review by a Cochrane Oral Health Group which found that regular brushing with a fluoridated toothpaste results in 24 per cent fewer cavities than brushing with non-fluoridated toothpaste.

Amanda Oakey, director of educational resources at the British Dental Health Foundation, highlights the important role educators can play in helping children to develop good tooth brushing habits from an early age:

“Over the last twenty years children's oral health has generally improved, but the levels of dental decay in the first and second teeth it is still a major problem.