Bury Oral Health Improvement Team

Bury Oral Health Improvement Team leads on the implementation and maintenance of a range of evidence based programmes to reduce both the levels of oral disease and inequalities of oral health in Bury.

The team also delivers training to key workforces and health professionals and carers.

With a particular focus on early years, laying the foundations for good oral health, the team targets areas and settings with the highest levels of poor oral health.

The Oral Health Team Bury has developed a digital resources page which has many useful links and resources to promote good oral health at:

Oral Health Improvement | The Bury Directory

Our programmes

Daily supervised toothbrushing – offered to all early years settings, reception classes, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision in primary schools within the borough. This includes the Brush Bus Scheme in nursery, pre-school and school early years foundation stage (EYFS) settings.

Golden Apple Award Scheme – designed for early years settings who wish to improve nutrition, hygiene and dental health amongst children in their care.

Brushing For Life – oral health packs are provided to health visiting teams. This supports them to promote the importance of daily toothbrushing with a family fluoride toothpaste. This is also the perfect opportunity to discuss oral health at baby / child health assessments.

Oral health updates and training – delivered to those working in or with early years, including both health professionals and non-health professionals.

Our objectives

to work closely with Bury Public Health team and the Bury Early Years team
to support parents / carers to implement oral health friendly feeding
to ensure effective tooth brushing and oral health messages to reduce the number of children with tooth decay
to equip parents / carers with the knowledge and alternatives to enable them to minimise the consumption of sugar in food, drinks and medicines, and the impact of these at various times of the day
to encourage all early years settings to achieve the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework requirement to promote good oral health
to provide borough wide communications with key oral health improvement messages and a consistent approach
to develop and implement effective ways to enable lived experience to shape and influence local service planning and delivery
to have named oral health champions in each of the children’s centres / family hubs
supporting national campaigns - National Smile Month, World Oral Health Day, Mouth Cancer Action Month
supporting and promoting local and national oral health campaigns

Resources

Children’s oral health

Oral health - older and vulnerable people and people with additional needs

Oral health campaigns

Oral health dentistry

Oral health training resources

Contact details

Bury Oral Health Improvement Team
Telephone: 07826 858005
Email: alison.tabois@nhs.net