Best practices in General Health education
Teddy Bear Hospital
Teddy Bear Hospital is a prevention and education programme for kindergarten and school children delivered by dental students.
Styrian caries prophylaxis prevention programme
This prevention program focuses on practicing the correct brushing technique, regular check-ups and age-appropriate information about oral health.
- Austria
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Service provision
- Targeted at children
- Targeted at pregnant women
Protect kids’ smiles
In 2013 and 2014, Wrigley Poland, the Polish Dental Society, the Polish Children’s Dental Society and the Polish Red Cross, facilitated free dental check-ups for children in primary schools.
Project Teeth
“Project Zobek” (Project Teeth) is an innovative student based programme involving preventive action to promote oral health in different populations.
Healthy eating and physical activity policy
Whole School Approach to a healthy lifestyle : Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Policy, involves the integration of oral health with general health, the alignment of common messages and pooling of resources.
- Malta
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Public policy
- Targeted at children
Apollonia 2020
Apollonia 2020, funded by the Lower Austria health insurance authorities, aims to increase the percentage of caries free children.
Gerodent
Gerodent is an oral health care project which has implemented a preventive and curative oral health care program in a network of 40 nursing homes in Belgium (Flanders) since 2010.
- Belgium
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Targeted at the elderly
Designed to Smile
The Designed to Smile Programme is a preventive programme for children.
- UK
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Targeted at children
Healthy in the mouth and around
“Tipptopp. Gesund im Mund und rundherum” aims at improving children's oral health in Austria through general health education, education of professionals and the integration of oral health into general health programmes.
- Austria
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes
- Targeted at children