Tracey Gorzelak

A two minute guide to healthy teeth for children aged between 3 and 6 with Dr Ranj Singh as presenter and Gemma Oaten as the voice of his sidekick Supertooth! This is one of three videos made to give families information on when and how to brush their teeth.

The majority of BSPD members are Consultants or Specialists or Community Dental Officers in the field of paediatric dentistry. We believe that baby teeth matter and we want to do everything in our power to reduce the number of children with decay. Unfortunately, we see a lot of children with rotten teeth and we have to carry out extractions of decayed teeth under general anaesthetic. It’s frustrating to be treating children in a hospital operating theatre because dental decay is almost always preventable.

We would like it if families never had to make an emergency dental appointment because their child has rotten teeth which has caused toothache. There are no NHS dental charges for the treatment of children but, the point is that dental pain and dental emergencies are avoidable if teeth can be kept healthy. And that is BSPD’s mission!

Gemma and Ranj gave their time freely and generously to the BSPD videos to support our campaign for every child’s right to healthy teeth for life. It’s a fact that with good teeth you have better life chances!

The advice shared by Dr Ranj is based on the best available evidence, Delivering Better Oral Health, a Toolkit published by Public Health England.

The most important tips are:

· It’s important to brush teeth twice a day, once before bed and once at any other time

· Choose a toothbrush with a small head

· A manual toothbrush can do the job as well as an electric toothbrush - and it’s better for the environment

· Children aged 3-6 should use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste with more than 1000 parts per million of fluoride – the fluoride levels of a toothpaste are written on the side of the pack

· Children should be supervised with their brushing until they are seven

· Make sure children brush for two minutes, brushing every surface of every tooth

· After you have brushing teeth, children should spit, not rinse, so that the fluoride in the toothpaste stays active

· Don’t eat too much sugary food

· Bacteria in the mouth turn sugar into acid and this attacks teeth.

· This includes fizzy and sugary drinks which children do not need

· Ask for sugar-free medicines for your child.

For further information on all the people and organisations involved in the videos:

British Society Of Paediatric Dentistry

www.bspd.co.uk

Facebook t.co/Gto5hrGAJJ?amp=1

Twitter twitter.com/bspduk @bspduk

Dr Ranj

www.talent4media.com/talent/dr-ranj-singh/

Twitter twitter.com/DrRanj @DrRanj

Gemma Oaten

www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-oaten🏠-6569ba157

Twitter twitter.com/gemmaoaten @gemmaoaten

Pedwar Productions

Twitter twitter.com/JoffPowell @joffpowell

Production team:

Joff Powell- Executive Producer

Tom Solan - Producer & Director

Tom Legge Camera Operator

Izzy Boots - Line Producer

Made for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry with kind sponsorship from:

Henry Schein www.henryschein.co.uk/gb-en/dental-gb/

Dentisan dentisan.co.uk/

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