Bradford children taking part in supervised toothbrushing programme after lunch!
More work is needed to overcome the barriers preventing some children accessing supervised toothbrushing sessions at schools and nurseries, a new report has found.
Eastwood Community School in Keighley has been running a supervised toothbrushing programme for six-years.
After lunch the children in nursery, reception and year one are guided through a short toothbrushing session by a staff member.
Executive headteacher Suzanne Carter said a few years ago they were seeing children’s teeth that looked like “apple cores” but now they were “in much better condition”.
“It did take a bit of setting up – but once it’s set up it runs itself,” she said.
“If it’s having that lasting impact on them and their families, and the NHS, then it’s a small price for us to pay at three minutes a day.”
