Shropshire Community Dental Services

13/08/2025

Younger children do not pay attention for long, but playing a song or video while supervising your child brushing is the perfect way to make toothbrushing fun.

Did you know that the nurseries and schools who take part in our Brilliant Brushers Supervised
Toothbrushing Scheme have songs to listen to whilst they are brushing.

Below we have shared two of our favourite songs.
Give them a listen and see which may become your favourite too.

Children love routine and this is a great way to help motivate them to brush their teeth.
We’ve put the links below in our stories and pinned them to our profile, give them both a listen and try brushing along with the songs.

🎵 The Tooth Brushing Song | Hey Duggee
https://youtu.be/oStaJTHgHMU?feature=shared

🎵 Brush Your Teeth | Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs
https://youtu.be/wCio_xVlgQ0?feature=shared

Let us know in the comments which song is your favourite. Put a blue heart 💙 in the comments if Hey
Duggee is your favourite or a red heart ❤️ if you prefer the Brush Your Teeth song with the three little monsters.

11/08/2025

10/08/2025

🥳 There are still places available to book a HAF session with The Hubb Foundation this summer!

☀️ If you're stuck for something for the kids to do this summer holiday, why not check out what's on - there is a wide range of activities and a healthy meal all for free.

👉 Bookings can be made here (no code required): https://orlo.uk/JLfda

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

🎯 Urban Games is a FREE sports and activity programme, held in local parks and MUGAs across Telford. No booking, no cost, no fuss.
With the school holidays in full swing, we know parents need easy wins:
FREE to attend sports and activities
LOCAL parks and sports grounds
PROFESSIONALLY run by top coaches
All ages and skill levels

🎉 Just pack water bottles and head out — we’ll do the rest!
🗓️ Monday 11 August- Upcoming Activities
⚽ Football @ Sutton Hill MUGA — 12–2 PM
🎯 Multi-sports @ Woodside — 2:30–4:30 PM
🏀 Football @ College MUGA — 11 AM–1 PM
🧸 Play activities @ Hollinswood — 1:30–3:30 PM
🚴 BMX @ Donnington & Leegomery — 12–3 PM

🌐 View the full programme https://orlo.uk/vvfOd

And if you're eligible, you could enjoy even more free sessions and meals this summer through our Happy, Healthy & Active Holidays scheme.
Head to https://orlo.uk/ZMogx to find out more.

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

What do you know about the Bridgnorth Community and Family Hub?

Along with our partners, we offer services including support to stop smoking, housing advice, support for victims of domestic violence, employment support and much more besides.
But don’t just take our word for it. Why not come along to our open day?

Bridgnorth Library
67 Listley Street
19th August
10am to 3.30pm

We’ve got coffee and cake, blood pressure checks, a stay and play session, a family history group and lots more.

We’d love you to come and give us your ideas to help shape the future of local support in Bridgnorth.

To find out more about our Community and Family Hubs visit https://orlo.uk/6ZLlG

10/08/2025

It’s going to be hot these next few days so time to reshare the advice below👇🏻 ☀️🕶️💦

Keeping your family hydrated in this heat, especially your little ones can certainly be a challenge!

Our top tips include -
☀️ Making sure you drink plenty, as children love to copy
☀️ Encourage regular sips of water throughout the day, thirsty children will drink water
☀️ Consider different ways to drink water such as using a colourful water bottle or a fun straw
☀️ Eating hydrating food such as fresh fruit and vegetables. Watermelon, tomatoes, strawberries, cucumber, celery, peaches, and pineapple 🥒 🍑 🍓 🍉 🍈 🍅🍍 are a few great examples of tooth friendly snacks!

✋🏻 Be careful if you are adding flavours to water. Most flavour options are not sugar or acid free ☹️ so can be harmful to teeth if used frequently so only keep those to mealtimes if used.

❓What other top tips for teeth can you recommend in this heat? Let us know in the comments below.

In case you have any concerns about dehydration, we have linked the guidance from nhs.uk below 👇🏻
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16bhQx73bP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

08/08/2025

Thank you to all the following Care Homes across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, both new and existing, who attended the Care to Smile - Mouth Care Lead staff training with Caroline on Wednesday 9th July at Partners in Care in Shropshire.

We welcome to the programme the following new home:
🌟 The Lady Forrester Centre in Shropshire

We are delighted that the mouth care leads from the following care homes attended to receive update training so that they can continue:
🌟 Hartlands Care Home in Shropshire
🌟 Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Shropshire
🌟 Elmhurst Care Home in Shropshire
🌟 The Villa Care Home in Telford & Wrekin
🌟 Deansfield Residential Home in Telford & Wrekin
🌟 The Cottage Cristian Nursing and Residential Home in Telford & Wrekin

We look forward to working with you and will see you in 6-8 weeks for the review meetings.
Care to Smile is a programme to improve mouth care for residents in both residential and nursing care homes.

06/08/2025

As promised yesterday, we have more dental advice for mother & baby🪥🦷

👶 You can take your child to the dentist as soon as their first teeth appear, this is usually around 4-6 months. Taking your baby to your own check-ups helps them get used to the surroundings
🤰Pregnancy can cause hormonal changes which affect the health of your teeth and gums so going to the dentist is more important than any other time
🗓️You are entitled to free dental care if you are pregnant or have had a baby in the last 12 months. Children up to the age of 18 and still in full time education get free dental care

05/08/2025

💕 It’s World Breastfeeding Week! 💕
This years theme is - 'Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems'

Our local breastfeeding network groups will be celebrating with various events so keep an eye on their social media pages for the stories, useful information and resources they share as we work together to create sustainable support systems for breastfeeding mums and families.

We have linked both the national and our local Facebook and Instagram pages below 👇🏻

💖 National Breastfeeding Network
https://www.facebook.com/share/16RsGLaZWf/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/thebreastfeedingnetworkuk?igsh=ZTlleWthNGlybHdu

💖 Staffordshire and Stoke- on-Trent Breastfeeding Network
https://www.facebook.com/share/19EFfZu2SC/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/breastfeedingnetworkstoke?igsh=MWF6OGo4dHg0NHduYw==

💖 Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Breastfeeding Network
https://www.facebook.com/share/1VqDCjafoq/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/breastfeedingnetworkshropshire?igsh=eHloMGhiMXozbzV2

Alongside the Breastfeeding Networks advice, our top tips to help start a healthy toothbrushing routine are -
🪥 Start brushing your babies teeth twice a day, as soon as they come through. Last thing before bed is the most important and one other time during the day
🪥 Use the right amount of toothpaste. For children aged 0-2 years use a smear and 3-6 year olds should use a pea sized amount
🪥 Use a toothpaste containing 1450 ppm fluoride for maximum protection against tooth decay. This can be found in the ingredients list on the toothpaste tube or box
🪥 Spit, don’t rinse! Rinsing with water or mouth wash afterwards will wash the fluoride away
🦷 Remember children need help with brushing until the age of 7 to make sure they reach the tricky spots at the back.

🤰 Check back tomorrow for more top tips, this time for mother and baby 👶