Support for raising awareness around dental health

National Smile Month, the largest and longest-running campaign promoting good oral health, runs from 13 May to 13 June 2019. 

According to Public Health England a quarter of five year olds have tooth decay, with an average of three or four teeth being affected.

This leads to around 60,000 missed school days a year and causes problems with eating and sleeping. Children’s tooth extractions are also one of the largest causes of hospital admissions in the UK.

School Health are promoting National Smile Month and have some excellent resources to help support schools in raising awareness around dental health.  Our Health Support Workers have already made a number of bookings to work with schools to deliver sessions promoting dental health with pupils. If you would like us to visit your school then please give us a call on 03300 245204.

Our contact details

• ChatHealth – Young People can contact us directly using our confidential text messaging number – 07507331525
• ChatHealth Parentline – Parents can contact us directly using our confidential text messaging number – 07520619376
• Central number for schools - schools wishing to contact the School Health Service can use the central number 03300 245204, selecting option 1,2 or 3 depending on where your school is located.

School Health would really like to attend as many school events as possible.  So if you have a sports day, open day, parents evening or any community events taking place in the near future, then please give us a call and we will endeavour to attend.  If we aren’t able to attend we will send you some information which could be displayed about the School Health service.