CARL SARGEANT AM WELCOMES DESIGNED TO SMILE PROGRAMME.
‘Designed to Smile’ to be extended across Wales
Alyn & Deeside Assembly Member Carl Sargeant welcomed the Welsh Assembly announced that the ‘Designed to Smile’ - the Oral Health Improvement Programme aimed at young children in Wales - is to be extended across Wales, following two successful pilot schemes in North and South Wales.
This announcement will see funding for the scheme double to £3.1 million for 2009/10 rising to over £3.8 million from 2010/11 and the rolling out of the scheme beyond the existing pilot areas to targeted Communities First schools in the rest of Wales. The additional funding will also allow the scheme to be extended within the pilot areas from three to five-year-olds to include six and seven year old and a nursery-based programme for the youngest children under the age of three.
Carl Sargeant AM said “Capturing good dental health at an early age is a priority for us and this programme will deliver a fantastic smile for our children for the future.”
Under the scheme, delivered by the Community Dental Service, dental health support workers deliver a supervised tooth-brushing programme in schools and provide toothbrushes and toothpaste to school children along with oral health advice. Part of this service is delivered via mobile dental health units that provide specialist preventive care and treatment to schools.
‘Designed to Smile’ to be extended across Wales
Alyn & Deeside Assembly Member Carl Sargeant welcomed the Welsh Assembly announced that the ‘Designed to Smile’ - the Oral Health Improvement Programme aimed at young children in Wales - is to be extended across Wales, following two successful pilot schemes in North and South Wales.
This announcement will see funding for the scheme double to £3.1 million for 2009/10 rising to over £3.8 million from 2010/11 and the rolling out of the scheme beyond the existing pilot areas to targeted Communities First schools in the rest of Wales. The additional funding will also allow the scheme to be extended within the pilot areas from three to five-year-olds to include six and seven year old and a nursery-based programme for the youngest children under the age of three.
Carl Sargeant AM said “Capturing good dental health at an early age is a priority for us and this programme will deliver a fantastic smile for our children for the future.”
Under the scheme, delivered by the Community Dental Service, dental health support workers deliver a supervised tooth-brushing programme in schools and provide toothbrushes and toothpaste to school children along with oral health advice. Part of this service is delivered via mobile dental health units that provide specialist preventive care and treatment to schools.
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