Oral Health initiatives free for all Primary School Teachers in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Awesome Smiles School Event Awesome Smiles September Stations is a new event funded by Cambridgeshire County Council to offer a whole school approach to Oral Health promotion, with free access to a resource pack for all primary schools throughout Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Set a date in September and have fun! with an hour of hands-on activity stations […]
November is Mouth Cancer Action Month
Taking place throughout November, thousands of amazing people go out into their communities to raise awareness of mouth cancer and to share the important message of being mouthaware. Are you mouthaware? A 45 second check could save your life. Click here for more details and resources.
Family Fun with the Food Flip card game
Fun for all the family! Download and print in colour or to colour-in. FOOD FLIPS is a sweet take on good old Top Trumps. Along with educational materials, posters and health factsheets, Food Flips card game is one of the great resources available for downloading as part of Sugar Awareness Week 2022 on the Action […]
Sugar Awareness Week 2022
Each year Action on Sugar organise a national Sugar Awareness Week to help raise awareness of the damaging effect of too much sugar in our diet. This year it’s running from 14th-20th November and is focussing on Breakfast. The annual campaign is their chance to talk directly to the general public, celebrate the success of […]
Come and say Hello at the East of England Dentistry Show
I’m delighted and excited to announce that I will be speaking at the East of England Dentistry Show on Saturday 1st October 2022. This brand new free-to-attend 1 day exhibition for all dental care professionals is taking place at the East of England Arena, Peterborough. With 2 theatres, Private Dentistry and Clinical Dentistry, each offering […]
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
We are deeply saddened and send sympathy to everyone touched by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our nation, and indeed the world, could not have been blessed with a more dutiful servant and her integrity and work ethic were an example to all. She had so many inspirational qualities and her beaming […]
NHS Dental Access Crisis
The BBC has revealed the full extent of NHS dentistry shortage by it’s far-reaching research Nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service, a BBC investigation has found. In a third of the UK’s more than 200 council areas, they found no […]
Landmark global strategy on oral health adopted at World Health Assembly 75
A year on from the historic World Health Assembly resolution on Oral Health in May 2021, the first concrete step towards the full implementation has taken place. The resolution recognised the global burden of oral diseases and their associations with other conditions, urging Member States to address shared risk factors, enhance the professional capacity of […]
Dental Professionals awarded in New Years Honours list.
In the New Year Honours List, Dr Sandra White, until recently Director Dental Public Health England is appointed OBE and Professor Iain Chapple lately Head of Dental School, Birmingham is made MBE. Awesome Oral Health CIC congratulates them both on their appointments. Sandra White OBE Dr White was Director of Dental Public Health England for […]
Save your Tooth! What to do in an emergency
The IADT have created this brilliant infographic for all. It could help to save your tooth or one of a loved one. Please read, then share widely. Their download is available in multiple languages from: https://www.iadt-dentaltrauma.org/for-patients.html