TV's Dr Ranj gets children brushing teeth

Celebrity NHS doctor, Dr Ranj Singh, who is a regular on ITV's This Morning, stars in three new mini-videos unveiled today.

Actor Gemma Oaten who rose to fame in TV soap Emmerdale supports Dr Ranj as the voice of sidekick Supertooth.

 The videos combine live action with computer animation. The aim is to give parents, carers and children the tips they need to keep teeth healthy. During the COVID-19 lockdown, dentists are only providing emergency treatment, which makes preventive advice on avoiding dental decay more important than ever. 

 Dr Ranj and Supertooth guide children in different age categories and demonstrate, in just a few minutes, how to brush teeth. The key tips to promote prevention of dental decay are:

Statistics released by NHS Digital show that nearly 60,000 children go into hospital annually to have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic. The cost for the treatment of this preventable disease is roughly £50m annually.

The videos were instigated for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) by Claire Stevens, a consultant in paediatric dentistry and spokesperson for BSPD.