Promoting prevention
Transforming Mouth Health in Care Homes
They are especially valuable in care homes, where prevention can make a real difference to comfort, dignity and general wellbeing.
When you click the links you will be taken to dentalhealthservice.org.
Help develop an Oral Health Service for all OUR WELL-BEING
If it doesn’t answer your question, please share your question and suggested answer in the comment box at the end of this page. I’ll review it and add it to the FAQ to make the assistant even better for everyone in care homes.
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Less than 10% of dental issues need a dentist.
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I've spent nearly ten years developing this website.
Now it needs rebuilding—and I’d really value YOUR HELP. With the support of AI, we have a real opportunity to share our knowledge and experience more effectively, saving time and improving wellbeing for everyone. Let’s work together to create a practical Oral Health Service—one that focuses on prevention, empowers Oral Health Advocates, and genuinely improves lives. And with your help we can develop the DHS App as I made for my patients as Dr Tony's Avatar mentions 8 yrs ago |
How You Can Help Us Improve Mouth Care in Care Homes
Your experience can help us build better support, better answers and a future oral health care-home assistant.
Ora
Helping answer common oral health questions using trusted guidance and practical experience.
Care Home Support
Learning from carers, managers, residents and families about the real problems they face every day.
Training & FAQ
Turning your feedback into simple training, useful FAQs and better oral health support for care homes.
Tell Us What Problems You See
We are developing a practical Oral Health Service support system for UK care homes.
Please send us 3 to 5 regular problems you see with mouth care, dental access, dentures, consent, training, prevention or treatment in care homes.
Please also include any questions you do not know the answer to.
Your feedback will help us build a useful FAQ and a future care-home oral health support agent.
Please include your role, for example: carer, care home manager, resident, family member, oral health champion, CQC, lawyer, dental nurse, hygienist, therapist or dentist.
Use this simple template to collect your thoughts before emailing us.
Send Feedback by Email
Using Voice Dictation on iPhone or iPad
You do not have to write a long email. You can speak your feedback into Apple Notes and then send it to us.
- Open Notes.
- Start a new note.
- Tap the microphone on the keyboard.
- Speak your feedback.
- Check the text and correct anything important.
- Tap share, choose Mail, and send it to:
For example: “Care home carer”, “Resident”, “Manager”, “Dental nurse”, “CQC”, “Lawyer”, “Hygienist”, “Therapist” or “Dentist”.
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