Healthy Smile Team

13/11/2025

Last week, Charles visited Bracken House Residential Home to personally present their Care to Smile Award, a well deserved recognition of their commitment to improving oral health for their residents. The home had been due to attend our awards ceremony in June but were sadly unable to join us on the day.

A huge thank you to Skye (Manager), the mouth care leads, and all the staff at Bracken House for your dedication to improving oral health. Your efforts make a real difference.

The Care to Smile Awards celebrate nursing and residential care homes across Staffordshire who have worked hard to meet the Care to Smile standards, based on NICE guidance. The programme is delivered by the Healthy Smile Team and supported by Staffordshire County Council. 🏆

12/11/2025

We are here!
Supporting Every Mind: Autism and/or Learning Disability Event at Foley Meir FC, Whitcombe Road, Meir, ST3 6AU today until 3pm.

Why not come along to meet the team and join in with the activities? 🪥🦷😁

12/11/2025

Today is Blue Wednesday!

In collaboration with the Healthy Smile Team, the Shropshire, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Community Dental Services are all supporting this year’s Mouth Cancer Action Month campaign.

They are participating in and have put up displays in their dental clinics to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of mouth cancer.

Have you visited any of the community dental clinics and have you seen the displays? Comment below if so!

Did you wear something blue today? Share your pictures in the comments below!

Your dentist will check for any abnormalities in your mouth, but alongside this you should check yourself once a month for any signs and symptoms too, it takes 45 seconds and could save your life. See our monthly social media posts for details on how to do this. 😊





Oral Health Foundation
Mouth Cancer Foundation
Shropshire Community Dental Services
Shropshire Community Health
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Staffordshire County Council
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Telford & Wrekin Council
Shropshire Council

11/11/2025

🕯️ Lest We Forget.

Today we pause to honour the courage, sacrifice, and service of all those who gave their lives in war and conflict.

We remember them. We thank them. We will never forget.


Shropshire Community Health Shropshire Community Dental Services

10/11/2025

This Wednesday 12th November, we are helping Meir Primary Care Network with their Supporting Every Mind: Autism and/or Learning Disability Event at Foley Meir FC, Whitcombe Road, Meir, ST3 6AU.

Why not come along between 1pm and 3pm to meet the team and join in with the activities? 🪥🦷😁

08/11/2025

🩻World Radiography Day is celebrated on the 8th of November each year.

The date marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a Professor at Wuerzburg University in Germany in 1895 and celebrates the vital role in diagnostic imaging.
One of his first images was of his wife, Bertha’s hand.

07/11/2025

📅 This is your monthly reminder to add a mouth cancer self-check to your oral health routine once a month.

❗Carrying out a thorough head and neck cancer examination can save lives!

💙 It is incredibly important to be familiar with the signs and symptoms to look out for. Early detection is key in the fight against mouth cancers.

😀 Follow the steps in the pictures above and share this post to educate a friend!

You can also click the link in our bio to see a video from the Mouth Cancer Foundation on how to do your monthly self-check at home - https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/self-examination/

Put a ✅ or say “done” in the comments below to let us know you’ve done your monthly check!

06/11/2025

Meet Orlaith, just 8 months old and already building brushing habits for life! 🪥
Mum Erin, brushes Orlaith’s teeth first, then Orlaith takes her turn with a smile.😁
What a little cutie!

Follow Orlaith's journey with us as she is due to visit the dentist for her first time soon.

04/11/2025

Check out these wonderful photos sent in by Emma Pritchett, who is the SENDCo and Early Years Lead at the Lantern Primary and Nursery in Telford.
They have created a fabulous dentist role play area after receiving their EYFS resources from the Healthy Smile Team recently.

Early Years Oral Health Toolkits are available to all day nurseries and schools who are currently taking part in our Brilliant Brushers Supervised Toothbrushing Programme.
These amazing toolkits, funded by NHS England, have been developed to support staff in early years settings implement the oral health element of the EYFS framework include:
📖An A4 colour flipchart with oral health images, updated messages for children and parents, and sample lesson plans
🪥A wooden role-play dentist kit
📚Three engaging books
🦷A large dental model and toothbrush
🙂🙁Happy and sad tooth tabards with food and drink pictures
🐶A fun dental puppet
🥼A dentist dress-up outfit

These resources are already available in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin and will very soon to be offered to our settings in Stoke-on-Trent. All four areas we work across will then receive the same wonderful opportunity to promote oral health.
Our aim is to make oral health education engaging, interactive, and effective for little learners. A big thank you to the nurseries and schools participating in the Brilliant Brushers Supervised Toothbrushing Programme, you’re making a real difference.

03/11/2025

💙 It’s officially Mouth Cancer Action Month 2025!🦷
The Healthy Smile Team is proud to support this life-saving campaign by the Oral Health Foundation. Every November, we shine a light on the risks, signs, and symptoms of mouth cancer - because early detection saves lives.

👄 How to be mouth aware:
✅ Know the causes
✅ Spot the warning signs
✅ Act early - speak to your dentist, GP, or pharmacist

Together, we can promote healthier lifestyles and reduce the number of people affected by this disease.
Stay tuned for tips, info, and ways to get involved throughout the month! 💬

31/10/2025

We absolutely love this Halloween toothbrushing cartoon from Wawawiwa Comics 🪥🦷🎃

The little lessons become the sweetest memories 🎃🪥