Providing dental health to thousands of children in the UK and internationally daily
Join us in helping to improve the oral health of more children by supporting our LiveSmart dental wellness programmes
Dental Wellness Trust | Promotes oral health among children
THE UK IS FACING AN ORAL HEALTH CRISIS
60,000
school days are lost each year due to poor oral health
Tooth decay is the most common oral disease affecting children and young people in England, yet it is largely preventable.
Each child with tooth decay will have on average 3 to 4 teeth affected.
Children from the most deprived areas have more than twice the level of decay than those from the least deprived.
Almost 9 out of 10 hospital tooth extractions among children aged 0 to 5 years are due to preventable tooth decay and tooth extraction is still the most common hospital procedure in 6-to-10-year-olds, according to Gov UK data up to 2019.
HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
£10 a month can
buy 25 toothbrushes to give to children
£25 a month can
buy 28 toothpastes to give to children
£50 a month can
buy 140 soaps to use at LiveSmart clubs
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Many children, especially those most in need, suffer the consequences of the UK's worsening oral health crisis. The Dental Wellness Trust aims to put an end to this critical public health issue by providing innovative oral health education programmes to nurseries and schools across the country.
All proceeds go to charity
All proceeds go to charity
Food Memories – the Cook Book by Dr Linda Greenwall is available here priced from £44. All profit from the book will go towards funding the vital work of the Dental Wellness Trust charity, both here in the UK and internationally.
OUR APPROACH
Oral health education
for children
Our LiveSmart supervised toothbrushing programmes are specially designed to teach children about good oral health. We already reach over 21,000 UK children, but it's a fraction of those who need help.
Raising public
awareness
The right to oral health is a basic human right, yet dental decay (which is often entirely preventable) is still the most common childhood disease world-wide. We aim to change this.
Involving dental
practitioners
We welcome the continuous support of dentists, dental hygienists and their dental teams to help implement our LiveSmart supervised toothbrushing programmes and train teachers about best practice.
WHERE WE OPERATE
To date, the Dental Wellness Trust LiveSmart supervised toothbrushing programmes have been operating in schools and nurseries reaching over 21,000 children in the UK. Our ambition is to roll out these programmes to even more young children.
One such borough is Luton where we are working in collaboration with the Borough Council to deliver our LiveSmart programme. This will be available to some 23,000 children. We welcome other boroughs to join us in our vision to prevent avoidable tooth decay amongst children and young people.
The charity also operates its new mobile dental unit which is stationed permanently at the Dental Centre for Refugee Children in Camden with volunteers offering free treatment and preventative advice to children most in need.
Our work also extends internationally. Currently the LiveSmart toothbrushing programme, which is taught by 15 dedicated Mamas to schoolteachers and school children daily, helps over 15,000 vulnerable children living in some of the Western Cape’s most disadvantaged townships.
In addition to oral health screenings, the charity provides preventative fluoride varnish treatment to help prevent further tooth decay. Without these essential routine oral checks, plaque builds up and attacks children’s teeth which can ultimately lead to irreversible damage and even tooth loss.
Recently, the LiveSmart toothbrushing programme has expanded to include more schools in and around Cape Town and further afield to mining communities in the Northern Cape.
Join Us!
Promote Oral Health Among Children
Sign up for membership of Dental Wellness Trust from only £25 per annum. Your membership will help pave the way for the expansion of our successful 'LiveSmart' supervised toothbrushing and e-learning programmes. Together we can try to stop the crisis in child dental health that exists today.
Members get access to:
- Our LiveSmart supervised toothbrushing programme materials
- The opportunity to benefit from CPD resources
- Use of our logo on your letterhead or website
- A membership certificate
