The Nottingham Oral Health Team – aka the Tooth Fairies – was created in 2000 by the Salaried Dental Service and consisted of just one tooth fairy – Julia Wilkinson. Since then, the team moved to work within public health and one became three with Justine Halls and Rebecca Soong-Towell making up the

The Nottingham Oral Health Promotion Team is better known as the Tooth Fairies and they work for County Health Partnerships, which is part of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Justine Halls is a dental nurse, Julia Wilkinson (head tooth fairy) has a background in education and Rebecca Soong-Towell is a nutritionist. Julia coordinates the team; ensuring targets are set and reached and leads on the development of all new oral health initiatives. Justine Halls (dental nurse) and Becky Soong-Towell (nutritionist) are the oral health advisors and can often be found out and about in the community, spreading key oral health messages. Much of their time is spent developing oral health resources and training staff to filter down the messages.

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