Dental Buddy, the Oral Health Foundation’s free oral health education programme for nursery and school children, has been given a fresh new look ahead of the next academic year.
When it comes to improving the nation’s oral health, learning is key. Education is so important an
d can help prevent oral health issues from occurring in the first place. Developing the knowledge and learning the correct behaviours fo
r a healthy mouth should be a part of every child’s upbringing. This is because the best time to pick up new habits is when we are young – when the brain is developing.
Dental Buddy aims to equip children with the tools they need for good oral health in a fun and engaging way. It does this through a series of colourful and dynamic interactive presentations and accompanying lesson plans. The presentations, which also include instructions for some experiments the children can do, take them on a step-by-step journey through which they le…
KEHS Dental Society Walkathon For Mouth Cancer
If it was not for our interest in pursuing dentistry, none of us would know how prevalent oral cancer is in our world. This is shocking considering around 7 people lose their life to mouth cancer everyday in the UK and in the last 12 months 145,000 people worldwide have died from this terrible disease. The latest UK mouth cancer statistics also demonstrate how essential it is for mouth cancer awareness to increase. A poll by the Oral Health Foundation found that 80% of people do not even know the symptoms of mouth cancer. That is why we decided to do something about it by taking on a marathon walk for Mouth Cancer Action. Mouth Cancer Action is a charity campaign ran by the Oral Health Foundation aimed at raising awareness of mouth cancer and highlighting the devastating effect it can have on sufferers and their families. Four of us, all Year 13 students from King Edward VI High School for Girls, will be taking on this 26 mile marathon walk on 12th August and would really appre…
Oral health charity responds to National Food Strategy Report
The Oral Health Foundation is calling on the government to tackle the junk food industry in a bid to improve the nation’s oral health, following the publication of a new independent report.
The landmark report by the National Food Strategy, found that poor diet contributes to around 64,000 deaths every year in England alone and costs the economy an estimated £74 billion.
Led by food entrepreneur Henry Dimbleby, the report focused heavily on highly processed junk food which are often high in salt, refined carbohydrates, sugar and fats.
The Oral Health Foundation is supporting the report, which recommends the introduction of a sugar and salt reformulation tax, designed to force manufacturers to make the food they sell to consumers healthier.
The new tax would encourage manufacturers to reduce the levels of sugar and salt in their products by reformulating their recipes or reducing their portion sizes.
Dr Nigel Carter OBE, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation, be…
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All smiles for Dunbar girl after scooping national charity prize
A young girl from Scotland has been named by the Oral Health Foundation as the youngest winner of this year’s Nominate a Smile competition. 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 UK.
Ten-year-old Libby lives in Dunbar Scotland with her dad, a security guard at a local power station, her mum, a dental nurse, and her little brother Myles, aged seven. She was nominated by her mother for her infectious smile and dedication to her horse riding.
Libby is hooked on horse riding and has been volunteering at our local riding school for almost a year now. In her nomination, Libby’s mother Karen, says: “Every single Saturday she goes down and works so hard between 9am-5pm helping to clean out barns, manage the horses, groom and feed them and help out during riding lessons. She then gets back up the next day to g…
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Moveit4Smiles Bla Bheinn
This September, Moveit4smiles will be taking on one of the most magnificent mountains in Britain – Bla Bheinn.
We’ll be walking one of the most spectacular hikes on the Isle of Skye, if not all of Scotland! Our walk will be 8km (5 mile) with an ascent of 990m.
This mammoth task will be taken on in the name of Mouth Cancer Action and to raise awareness of the importance of British children having the HPV vaccine.
Why Mouth Cancer Action
The number of brave people losing their life to mouth cancer is increasing. Latest figures show that within 12 months, more than 2,300 people in the United Kingdom, 23,000 in Europe and 145,000 worldwide, have passed away because of mouth cancer.
Those been diagnosed has increased by more than a third in the last decade and this is predicted to rise further over the coming years to come.
Mouth cancer is a devastating disease. Those diagnosed can often suffer from problems with breathing, swallowing, drinking and eating. Speech …
Bristol Oral Health Promotion Team for Mouth Cancer Action
We are a team of oral health improvement practitioners who work within the community dental service improving oral health offering training, support and advice Oral Cancer is one of the leading cancers in the uk.. Around 8000 people are diagnosed per year. A huge percentage of those cases could be prevented with earlier detection .. it is our mission spread awareness.
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London Super Nanny recognised for local community work
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…
Nominate a Smile prize scooped by island dentist
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…
Oral health charity welcomes pre watershed junk food advertising ban
In response to the government passing regulations on when junk food advertisements are allowed to play on television, The Oral Health Foundation welcomes these new restrictions and acknowledges that it is a step in the right direction, but worries that there is still a lot more work to do.
Dr Nigel Carter, Chief executive of the oral health foundation had this to say on the matter:
Nutrition is a key part of taking care of not just our general health but also our oral health. The amount of sugar we consume has a devastating impact on the nations oral health. Cutting down on sugar consumption is the number one way to stop tooth decay, and junk food is often filled with sugar in order to make the taste more appealing.
Tooth decay remains the number one reason for hospital admissions among young children. The NHS carries out almost 900,000 tooth extractions on children under 18 every year and nine-in-ten of these are down to tooth decay. Tooth extractions takes a great ph…
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Word of Mouth: June 2021
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…