Health screenings for Luton children from dental charity

London-based charity, the Dental Wellness Trust provided free dental health screenings and fluoride varnishing (which helps prevent dental decay) to over 250 children attending Waulud Primary School and Nursery in Luton on July 15, 2022.

This community-led initiative forms part of the charity’s ambitious national programme, Livesmart Dental Care, which bridges the deeply worrying gap where very few NHS dental practices across Britain are able to take additional patients due to limited capacity, financial resource and thousands of dentists exiting the profession.

A number of these children have never visited a dentist before or were unable to access a dental appointment during the pandemic. As a result, some children were experiencing excruciating pain and becoming absent from school.