Oral Health Training for Early Years Practitioners
Tooth decay in children under five years in the North West of England is higher than the England average. Evidence based key oral health behaviours, if practiced from an early age, will reduce the risk of tooth decay and gum disease. The evidence based learning tool is designed to meet the training requirements for Early Years practitioners. This enables practitioners to include key oral health messages within their everyday practice to promote health and encourage families to practice good oral health behaviours at home.
Using this Training Material
The training is delivered in short and easy to understand training videos each of which takes no longer than 30 minutes to complete. We encourage staff to view and complete the first two videos and the 3rd is for use with parents/carers:
- Oral Health Training for Early Years Practitioners
- The Early Years Foundation Stage: Oral Health and How it Fits in to Practice
- Top Tips for Looking After Your Child’s Teeth (for parents and carers)
Please complete the assessment to receive a training certificate.
We review all feedback to improve the training offer.
Oral Health Training for Early Years Practitioners
This video provides detail of the main key oral health messages and the evidence base behind them.
Source: Health Education England Northwest
The Early Years Foundation Stage: Oral Health and how this fits in to practice
This video provides detail of the main key oral health messages and the evidence base behind them.
Source: Health Education England Northwest
Top tips for looking after your child's teeth
This video provides parents and carers with top tips on looking after their child’s teeth.
Source: Health Education England Northwest
Resources and Publications
- Video
- PDF / Download
- Website
- YouTube
Word document with contact details for your local health teams.
This list provides those resources to support the delivery of oral health within the educational setting.
All children attending early years settings should benefit from a healthy, balanced and nutritious diet, and these voluntary guidelines are an excellent resource to help to build practitioners’ knowledge, skills and confidence when developing policy, cooking or preparing food.
A really useful website for parents and education staff regarding healthy eating.
A really informative leaflet for those who are concerned about prolonged dummy use and or digit sucking.
Publication of ‘Delivering better oral health – an evidence-based toolkit for prevention’ provides guidance on all aspects of preventing dental diseases and denotes the holistic approach to influence prevention.
These videos with Dr Ranj are an excellent and innovative way to help engage with families so they understand the importance of their children brushing their teeth with a fluoirde toothpaste, which can support the reduction of tooth decay. Dr Ranj and his sidekic supertooth guide children in different age catergories on how to brush their teeth