Super Nanny Fabiana Madeira, known as Fabi, has been recognised for her community work in her local London community as part of a nationwide competition by the Oral Health Foundation. The competition, which ran as part of the charity’s National Smile Month campaign (17 May – 17 June), aimed to find hidden heroes in communities up and down the country.
Brazil-born Fabi Madeira (35) came to the UK as a nanny while also setting up her own mentoring business.  However, it is not Fabi’s impressive nannying skills that warranted her being chosen as a Nominate a Smile winner. Instead, it was her selflessness and dedication to helping those in her local community and abroad.

Coming from humble beginnings, the 35-year-old, who now lives in Islington, North London, says she learned to value everything she had from a young age.
Fabi (pictured left) says: “I was helped a lot as a child, I was always fascinated with the people who were giving support and I wou…

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

Isle of Scilly dentist Dr Michael Twamley has been recognised for his dedication to improving oral health in his local community as part of a nationwide competition by the Oral Health Foundation. The competition, which ran as part of the charity’s National Smile Month campaign (17 May – 17 June), aimed to find hidden heroes in communities up and down the country.
When it comes to spreading healthy smiles you can’t find a much better example than Michael Twamley. The 43-year-old who lives on the remote island of St Mary’s, part of the Isles of Scilly, is a dentist who believes whole heartedly in the benefits and importance of a healthy smile. It’s this passion that has lead him to take a lead role in helping members of his local community, particularly children, maintain a healthy smile, as well as spreading smiles through his work with the Brighter Smiles oral health programme run by Smile Together across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Michael was n…

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

Hello and welcome to a brand-new issue of Word of Mouth – the Oral Health Foundation’s digital magazine. This edition is dedicated to all things National Smile Month as it celebrates its 42nd birthday.
It’s a been a year since we last produced an edition of our Word of Mouth magazine and we apologise for the delay however we hope you really enjoy this packed issue.
National Smile Month offers such a great opportunity to spread positivity and vital oral health messages and it’s been great to see the public and dental professionals alike coming together to support it – whether it’s through our Smiley Monster Competition or our Great British Brushathon.
If you haven’t yet taken steps towards a healthier mouth then please take this as in invitation to do so. Improving your oral health has so many benefits, not just for your mouth but the rest of your body too. Healthier teeth and gums can boost your mental health and well-being as well as your reducin…

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

15th June 2021
When we think about how we care for our mouth, it might be easy to think that there is little in common between our oral health and the environment – but that’s not quite true.  In addition to turning off the tap when brushing (which saves us a staggering 12 litres of water each time), there’s an important connection that applies to all of us – and it revolves around our toothbrush.
Toothbrushes form a part of our daily routine.  Twice a day, morning and night, for two minutes, they help clean our teeth and keep our mouth fit and healthy.  Despite this, the shelf-life of a toothbrush is a relatively short one.  In theory, we should only use each one 180 times, for a total of six hours over a period of three months.
It all means that in the UK, around 256 million toothbrushes are bought and discarded every year. That’s a very big pile of plastic so what can we do about it?
As part of National Smile Month, the Oral Health Fou…
Did you miss our previous article…
https://dentistintulum.com/?p=168

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

Brushing teeth has been ranked top of things Brits could not go a day without doing – according to the findings of a new nationwide poll.
Two-in-three (68%) UK adults say they could not go a day without brushing their teeth, deeming it more than three times as important than exercise (21%), as a daily task.1
Brushing teeth was also judged to be more essential than eating breakfast (43%) and washing (41%).1
The findings are part of new research by the Oral Health Foundation to coincide with National Smile Month – a charity campaign aiming to reduce dental disease by highlighting the importance of a healthy mouth.
Previous research by the charity suggests that as many as 97% of the population brush their teeth at least once per day.2
Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation explains the importance of tooth brushing and why is it so necessary.
Dr Carter says: “For most people, the importance of brushing their teeth has been instilled in them s…
Did you miss our previous article…
https://dentistintulum.com/?p=164

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

In this guest blog, Jo Bates, founder of Thumbsie® Ltd discusses the potentially detrimental impact of thumb-sucking on children’s oral health. It was through her own struggles with her daughter Isabel, who tried to give up thumb-sucking eight years ago, that Jo found inspiration to launch Thumbsie®, a tool dedicated to helping children to stop thumb and finger sucking in a positive way. Thumbsie is also a proud sponsor of this year’s National Smile Month campaign which is running from 17 May to 17 June.
The largest and longest-running campaign to promote good oral health is back – and Thumbsie® are delighted to lend our support.
National Smile Month provides a fantastic opportunity to promote the importance of good oral health to people of all ages and backgrounds. As the Oral Health Foundation said last year, in an exclusive article for Thumbsie’s website, National Smile Month allows us to “engage children on the importance of a healthy mou…
Did you miss our previous article…
https://dentistintulum.com/?p=162

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

ONE-IN-FOUR (26%) British adults regularly brush their teeth only once a day, according to findings of a new nationwide poll.
The data has been collected by the Oral Health Foundation and sheds concerns about the number of people willing to skip twice-daily brushing.
The charity is especially worried by the number of people who regularly fail to brush their teeth last thing at night, when the health of the mouth is most likely to deteriorate.  Insights from the research show that one-in-four (25%) do not brush their teeth in the evening before they go to bed.
Latest figures show two-in-three (66%) UK adults have visible plaque, almost one-in-three (31%) have signs of tooth decay, and three-in-four (74%) have had teeth extracted.
The examination into Britain’s brushing habits is part of National Smile Month, a campaign by the Oral Health Foundation that aims to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy mouth.
Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the charity, highl…
Did you miss our previous article…
https://dentistintulum.com/?p=154

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com

Hello everyone and welcome to my fundraising page.  I pledge to row 100 miles on my rowing machine during this years Mouth Cancer Action Month- November. I would love to raise £500 for Oral Health Foundation who are doing an amazing job in spreading the awareness and education around mouth cancer.  Mouth Cancer Action Month is the UK’s biggest charity campaign for mouth cancer awareness organised by Oral Health Foundation. So far the Oral Health Foundation has invested nearly £2 million on improving awareness and education around mouth cancer. This could not have happened without many donations they had received so far. Over the last year, 8,337 people in the UK were given the life-changing news that they have mouth cancer. Unfortunately, these numbers continue to rise while the disease claims more lives than cervical and testicular cancer combined! The more we know about mouth cancer, the better chance we have of beating it. This means knowing how to spot mouth cancer early and knowin…

Wendell Curtis

dentistintulum.com