Originally Posted by
Pixie dust
Our LA recently put on some training about oral health, the local community dentistry team did a presentation and the figures for tooth decay in young children was shocking. Where I live we are above the national average. I think they wanted us o sign up to their heathy teeth standards for early years but I have decided against this as they had strict requirements about what food/drink you can serve. I do feel that I actually give the children healthy meals/ drinks and we don't normally have sweets or puddings etc BUT I do bake with the children and if they are here on their birthday we normally have cake which isn't allowed in their standards that you have to meet, you have to use non food related ways to celebrate special occasions. What I have used from the training is there are some dental apps out there for children to use as a timer and make teeth brushing fun so I have shared that with parents and our local area has its own dental community Facebook page which I have shared. We were told that neglecting their children's teeth is a safeguarding issue.