Best practices in United-kingdom
Childsmile
The Scottish programme Childsmile aims at improving the oral health of all children, with a particular attention to the more deprived groups.
- UK
- Addressing oral health inequalities
- Health promotion
- Public policy
- Service provision
- Targeted at children
- Targeted at the underpriviledged
Community water fluoridation
The aim of community water fluoridation is to reduce the prevalence of dental caries through the adjustment of naturally occurring fluoride in public water supplies to the optimum level of oral health.
Delivering Better Oral Health
The DBOH toolkit provides clear oral health improvement interventions and updated advice to help dental teams in promoting oral health and preventing oral diseases.
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
Mouth Cancer Action Month
Run by the British Dental Health Foundation, this campaign raises awareness of mouth cancer, its risk factors and the need for early diagnosis.
- UK
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Targeted at adults
- Targeted at the elderly
National Smile Month
National Smile Month, run by the British Dental Health Foundation, is a UK national oral health awareness programme.
- UK
- Across the full life course
- Educating professionals
- General Health education
- Health promotion
- Integrating oral health promotion into broader general health programmes