Oral Health Promotion For Healthy Places Joanne Nejrup Community Dental Services
Unhealthy Mouth Clean and debris-free Tooth decay/ Cavities Gum enlargement/ Inflammation Gums are pale pink Bleeding gums Do not bleed Bad breath
Tooth Decay Gum Disease
The mouth is an indicator of general health. An unhealthy mouth will effect a person both physically and mentally. A healthy mouth: Allows enjoyable eating of regular nutritious meals Promotes confidence in appearance, eating and speaking Prevents oral infections that may affect general health and wellbeing Permits clear speech Allows for good development in children
•Brush teeth last thing at night and on at least one other occasion with a fluoride toothpaste. Smear for under 3’s and pea sized amount for over 3’s. •Cut down on how often you have sugary foods and drinks, try keep to meal times •Visit your dentist regularly, as often as they recommend .
4-6 years = 5 sugar cubes max (19 grams) 7-10 years = 6 sugar cubes max (24 grams) From 11 years = 7 sugar cubes max (30 grams)
Emergency Dental Service 17 19 Osborne Street, Grimsby, South Humberside, DN31 1HA 01472 346613 01472 344844 School Nurses can refer I to community dental for children with parental consent 01472 721420 Cleethorpes 01472 255680 Grimsby
Promote the importance of good oral health • Displaying information in staff/parent areas around heathy eating, good oral health Through policies around heathy eating – NICE Guidance available Use the free resources and staff training available from local oral health • team and national services Promote drinking of milk and water during school/working day and to • continue at home. Swap sugar for sweetener in tea and coffee • Use sugar free/low sugar drinks •
Encourage healthy packed lunches • Sugar free/ low sugar snacks available in school/ workplace, even if • vending machines Promote tooth brushing at home 2 x daily • Allow and support attendance to dental appointments during school/work • hours Uptake of supervised tooth brushing programme in school • Partake in national campaigns such as national smile month – runs • May/June
Staff training is also available on oral health basics and using the resources www.dentalhealthpromotion.net This is complimented by an online support hub that has been specially designed to use on PowerPoint style systems with the children or children can use the programme themselves on Pc or tablet.
Provide dental health resource boxes for use in school These are specific for targeted age learning Early years & KS1 KS2 Multipurpose box- designed for different learning abilities To book 01472 255680
Government publication providing an evidenced based guide for the prevention of dental disease. It is currently on 3 rd edition. Although aimed at dental practices it is a very useful tool for other health practitioners to ensure that they are providing the best oral care plans for their client group.
• Mouth Cancer Action Month November • Stoptober • Dry January • Nutrition and Hydration week 12 th march 2018 • National No smoking Day 15 th March 2018 • World Oral Health Day 20 th March 2018 • National Smile Month 15 th may -15 th June 2018 • National Heathy Eating Week 11 th -15 th June 2018 • Sugar Awareness week 29 th November 2018
www.mouthcancer.org www.alcoholconcern.org www.cancerresearchuk.org/mouth-cancer Www.stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk www.quit.org www.nhs.uk/smokefree www.gosober.org.uk http://www.nationalsmilemonth.org/ https://twitter.com/smilemonth https://www.facebook.com/NationalSmileMonth
To book resource box contact 01472 01472 255680 255680 To book staff training or for information jo joanne.nejrup@nhs.ne nne.nejrup@nhs.net Website address ww www. w.dentalh entalhea ealthpromo thpromoti tion.n on.net et
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