Carers · Help
Carers help
Learn by doing, together.
A structured series of short videos on caring for someone’s oral health — best watched and practised together. These are first drafts; your feedback will make them better.
Benjamin FranklinTell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
The series
Caring for oral health, step by step
Each film is around twenty minutes. Practising together saves time and money at the dentist — and improves the health of the person you care for.
Introduction
How to clean the teeth
Recording oral health
Practical guidelines
Mouth-cleaning aids
Innovations for care homes
What’s possible now
Three innovations that could transform care-home mouth care — silver diamine fluoride, teledentistry, and replica dentures — many deliverable without a dentist.
Silver diamine fluoride
Teledentistry
Replica dentures
The full playlist is on the Teeth4Life carers playlist. Developed with the care team at the award-winning Doveleighcare in Devon.
Get involved
Your feedback and questions
If you’d like to contribute to a webinar, or have areas you’d like to discuss, please get in touch and share your advice and experience.