Designed To Smile

The Designed to Smile daily toothbrushing programme is a major initiative aimed at helping to improve the health of young children's teeth in Wales.

A free toothbrush and toothpaste is give to each child in a home page. This is to encourage your child to brush in the morning and before bedtime at home. We also want to encourage children to brush their teeth once a day at nursery or school. Evidence shows regular use of fluoride-containing toothpaste helps reduce the need for fillings and extractions.

Each nursery or school programme is organised in a safe and effective way. There is a designated lead person in each school/nursery who is responsiblee for the toothbrushing programme.

Staff are given a detailed training programme and monitoring checks are carried out at least once a term against national standards of best practice.

Parents/guardians' consent is obtained before the child enteres the programme, and records are kept and regularly updated.

Documents

Healthy Snacks Leaflet (PDF, 3,590 KB)
Parent Information Leaflet (PDF, 1,948 KB)
Fissure Sealant Leaflet (PDF, 1,390 KB)
Fluoride Prescribing Guidelines (PDF, 1,356 KB)