Children's Oral Health Support & Advice
Harrow Children's Centres
Where
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Project availability
The activity runs from 3 August 2021 to 31 August 2024. The Young Harrow Foundation does not manage bookings for this activity and is not responsible for the delivery of the project. If you have any questions, please contact the organisation directly.
What
Brushing for life programme (Harrow residents only)
Our friendly and experienced team is on hand to give you advice and tips to help keep your child's teeth healthy and introduce them to positive dental habits that last a lifetime. The type of information we can help with includes...
- Using the correct toothbrush and toothpaste
- Tips and advice to help brush your child's teeth
- Tips on how to encourage brushing
- Tips on when to start brushing
- Healthy eating, snacks, and drinks
- Information about sugar, tooth decay, and food labelling
- Tips on how to say goodbye to the baby bottle and dummy
Harrow offers the Early Support service. It provides free workshops to parents about dental health for them and their children. These workshops are held at your local Children's Centre. For further information contact Cedars or Hillview children's centres or visit their Facebook page.
For more information about oral health, visit:
Additional support for parents and carers
Health professionals across Harrow have been trained to provide oral health advice in addition to your dentist. These health professionals include:
- your health visitor
- school nurse
- school and early years nursery providers
- childminders
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