Healthy Smile Team

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 👶

31/07/2025

📅 This is your monthly reminder to add a mouth cancer self-check to your oral health routine once a month.

❗ Carrying out a thorough head and neck cancer examination can save lives!

💙 It is incredibly important to be familiar with the signs and symptoms to look out for. Early detection is key in the fight against mouth cancers.

😀 Follow the steps in the link below and share this post to educate a friend!

Click the link below to see a video from the Mouth Cancer Foundation on how to do your monthly self-check at home - https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/self-examination/

Put a ✅ or say “done” in the comments below to let us know you’ve done your monthly check!

Learn how to perform self - examinations for Mouth Cancer. Mouth Cancer Foundation provides a step - by - step guide for early detection and prevention.

29/07/2025

Here is a roundup of all the Brilliant Brushers quality assurance visits completed during the months of May and June in 2025! 🥳

Congratulations to the following day nurseries and schools who recently passed their initial quality assurance visits with flying colours and are now up and running with Brilliant Brushers. It's great to see how well the staff deliver this programme in only 7-8 mins from start to finish!

Staffordshire:
🪥 Flash Ley Primary School
🪥 Silkmore Primary Academy
🪥 Heath Hayes Primary School
🪥 Forest Hills Primary School
🪥 Hednesford Nursery School

Stoke-on-Trent:
🪥 Watermill Special School
🪥 Hillside Day Nursery
🪥 Alexander Infants School
🪥 Fenton Kindergarten

Also, congratulations to the following day nurseries and schools who recently passed their annual Brilliant Brushers quality assurance visits with flying colours to allow them to continue with the programme, well done to all!

Staffordshire:
🪥 Flash Ley Primary School
🪥 Chase Terrace Primary School
🪥 Amington Heath Primary School
🪥 Chesterton Primary School
🪥 Hassel Primary School
🪥 Bridgtown Primary School

Stoke-on-Trent:
🪥 Little Explorers Day Nursery
🪥 St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy
🪥 Karetakers Day Nursery
🪥 Rosy Cheeks Nursery in Bentilee
🪥 The Crescent Academy
🪥 Squirrel Hayes First School
🪥 St Marys Catholic Primary School in Newcastle
🪥 Maple Court Academy
🪥 Mill Hill Primary School
🪥 Christchurch Primary School
🪥 Day Care Nurseries
🪥 Playmates Day Nursery
🪥 Jack in the Box – Blurton
🪥 Nurtured @ Chell
🪥 Nurtured @ Tunstall
🪥 Tiny Toes – Treehouse
🪥 Bentilee Nursery School

Shropshire:
🪥 Saint Andrews C of E primary school who also received delivery of their EYFS resources (2nd pic)
🪥 Oswestry Methodist preschool who also received delivery of their EYFS resources (3rd pic)
🪥 Kids Zone Nursery in Oswestry who also received delivery of their EYFS resources (4th pic)
🪥 Prees Primary School who also received delivery of their EYFS resources (5th pic)
🪥 Crowmoor Nursery and Pre-school who also received delivery of their EYFS resources (6th pic)
🪥 Market Drayton Infant School
🪥 Lydbury North and CofE Primary School

Telford & Wrekin:
🪥 John Randal school who also received delivery of their EYFS resources (1st pic)
🪥 Holmer Lake Primary School
🪥 Oakengates United Church Preschool
🪥 Millbrook Primary School
🪥 Twiggy's Day Nursery in Donnington

Wow it’s been a very busy two months, but it was great to see so many happy children enjoying toothbrushing and we can’t wait to get some feedback and see the EYFS resources in action!

Brilliant Brushers supervised toothbrushing programme is an evidence-based programme offered to eligible day nurseries and schools across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin.
If you would like more information and to see if your nursery or school can take part, please get in touch.

29/07/2025

28/07/2025

Smiles all round for the Lionesses! 🏆🦷
Huge congratulations from the Healthy Smile Team to England’s champions showing that teamwork, determination, and healthy habits really do lead to winning results! 💪😁

History, written again by the . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏆

27/07/2025

48 hours to go until the next episode of “Mouth Matters – Open and Honest Information About Mouth Cancers. When Host Eva Grayzel and Maxillofacial Surgeon Mahesh Kumar will discuss the importance of correctly communicating with patients at all stages of their Head and Neck Cancer journey. Patient and Professionals alike will learn a lot from this podcast at 1800 on Monday 28 July

Register to join in https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdOGgrjopGNXuHYo6807FQaMSfnSOO-Oe

27/07/2025

It is World Head and Neck Cancer Day on Sunday…help raise awareness with our social media assets…

27/07/2025

Today it’s World Head and Neck Cancer Day so, please help us, help you, take that first step and start those conversations flowing.
You can do this by helping us raise awareness and sharing this post with your family and friends, this may just save a life.

Mouth Cancer Foundation

It is World Head and Neck Cancer Day

27/07/2025

How much do you know about the signs and symptoms of mouth cancer? By being Mouthaware you can make a difference in the fight against mouth cancer.