NICE quality standard recommends oral health programmes for schools

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has introduced a new quality standard to improve support for children and young people are at risk of poor oral health.

Toothbrushing schemes in schools and nurseries in areas where children have poor oral health were among the potential recommended measures, as well as council-spearheaded fluoride varnishing schemes or programmes providing healthy eating advice.

Those providing emergency dental care have been called upon to advise patients of the importance of regularly seeing a dentist, with health and social care providers instructed to ensure oral health is included in care plans for people receiving support.

Currently, almost 25 percent of five-year-olds in England have some experience of obvious tooth decay, according to a Public Health England dental survey in 2015. This emphasises the key importance of the school interventions NICE has recommended.

Professor Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive of NICE, said: "Good oral health is vital throughout our lives and we're confident this quality standard will help focus attention on maintaining a healthy mouth."

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