Improving dental health at Toowa Primary School, Uganda

'Super Saturday' took place earlier in 2022 and saw practices across the UK and the Republic of Ireland open their doors for a special day of community engagement, fun, and quality dental care.

Thanks to the donation, the pilot scheme is the next step in developing the school’s oral health education programme, which ultimately will form a major part of Dentaid’s Ugandan dental health care activity.

The scheme has already seen Ugandan public dental health officers visiting the school to screen all the children for any dental issues and establish an oral health programme, supported by Dentaid volunteers.

Children at the school now clean their teeth at the start and end of each school day with toothbrushes and toothpaste provided by Dentaid, with training on proper brushing provided to children and teachers by volunteers. Children identified as having dental issues have received the necessary treatment, ranging from a simple scale to fillings and extractions.