Oral health education delivered to 30,000 children

Since December 2023, Denplan has donated £195k to expand the BrightBites programme with the aim to reach a minimum of 90,000 children.

Targeting schools, nurseries and clubs for low-income families, BrightBites volunteers deliver in-person sessions, with a range of resources including toothbrushing charts, stickers, and healthy teeth leaflets, to educate children about oral health.

The partnership also provides teacher and parent/carer resources designed to work alongside the curriculum. Every child is also provided with a toothbrush and toothpaste to continue their oral health journey.

Andy Evans, CEO of Dentaid, said, “BrightBites is really picking up pace and is being delivered to more children at risk of social exclusion than ever before. We’ve had fantastic feedback from the schools and venues we visit including an email from a school in Yorkshire who told us many of their children previously had very little knowledge about oral health and were facing hygiene poverty, so they’d been hoping for a programme like BrightBites for years. It’s also wonderful to see so many dental professionals and teams from across the industry, along with Simplyhealth and Denplan colleagues, gifting their time to deliver BrightBites and help instil good brushing habits and a knowledge of oral health from an early age.”