September is back to school, and the cover feature provided some guidance perfect for schools, nurseries and oral healthcare teams up and down the country preparing to deliver on the government's investment in supervised toothbrushing programmes. In March, the government announced an investment of £11 million, for 2025-26 to support supervised toothbrushing programmes (STP) for children aged 3-5 years living in the most deprived areas of England. The funding aims to support up to 600,000 children to undertake supervised toothbrushing and has been given to local authorities who are responsible for the commissioning of oral health promotion programmes
Authors Anna Hunt, Samantha Watt and Zoe Marshman offer excellent insight, tips and advice on what oral healthcare teams in practice need to know, breaking down information useful for schools, at-home and in-practice.
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