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Good oral health is a requirement of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. It is essential that from a young age teeth are protected and good habits instilled to protect a child from toothache and infection.

Oral health is important, even with baby teeth.

This is because children’s baby teeth:

• Help them to bite and chew
• Support speech and language development
• Help them to feel confident when they smile
• Make space for and guide adult teeth

 Your child will be learning lots of important messages about caring for their teeth and having a healthy diet.

Each day, during Oral health Week, your child will be taking in part in activities devised as a fun way to learn about looking after their teeth.

 A tooth brushing chart will be provided for you to use with your child. Encourage them to brush their teeth twice a day, before going to bed and on one other occasion during the day. All children who complete the chart and return it to nursery will receive a certificate and a new toothbrush as a prize.

 You can download an app Brush DJ which is a toothbrushing app that plays 2 minutes of music to make toothbrushing more fun!

 We hope Oral Health Wek will be informative for you and your child and help lead to life-long healthy teeth. We look forward to hearing your feed-back. Why not email us photographs of your child carrying out some of the key messages of oral health week.