Children take centre stage

Teeth Team has produced a film all about its child oral health improvement programme facilitated by local dental practices in areas of severe social deprivation in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Teeth Team currently supports 28 local primary, nursery and secondary schools across the region to ensure all children have regular access to a toothbrush and toothpaste and fluoride varnish, where applicable.

Teeth Team encourages a multi-agency approach to improve and promote regular access to local general dental services by delivering education, prevention, early intervention and equal access.

Claire Stevens, media spokeswoman for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, said: "Teeth Team have made an excellent video in which children deliver important messages around good oral health and healthy eating and drinking. They succeed in conveying in a fun way that dental decay is preventable. All children should acquire the skills to help achieve lifelong dental health and Teeth Team is helping make that a reality. We would like to think that this video goes viral.”