Dental Wellness Trust

Sugar content in baby food is a problem. See the link. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Paediatri cians-call-sugar-lim…

Everyday is a toothbrushing day at the Live Smart Supervised toothbrushing programme. Our programmes are carried out in Cape Town , Johannesburg , Nairobi, Luton and London. #dentalwellnesstrust #livesmart #dwt #oralhealth #toothbrushing #daily

We were delighted to be selected by IADR , the International Asssociation of Dental Research to present our research poster at the IADR Conference in Vancouver. Well done to Dr Harriet Wright for presenting the poster at the special session yesterday. The research in placing fluoride varnish for children in our Live Smart supervised toothbrushing programmes in two schools in Mfuleni, outside Cape Town , South Africa. The research has been supported by a grant from DMG Dental,... Germany. Thank you to Marcus Cebula , Dr Susanna Effenberger, Jana Rosenthal and Claudia Englisch for their support. Thank you to Professor Neil Myburgh from the university of the western cape and his research team for assisting with the research and a special thank you to our wonderful toothbrush mamas for their daily commitment to helping the children attain better oral health through dental wellness. #dentalwellnesstrust #livesmartdwt #livesmart #iadr2019 #vancouver #dmg
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See the important information about prioritising children’s oral health https://www.earlyyearseducator.co.uk/…/ parents-risk-neglect…

Thank you to Dr Mitesh Badiani and Smile star team for the great photo album commemorating their visit to help treat 1000 children in Cape Town. Please message us if you would like to volunteer on our oral health programmes, research and education sessions. #dentalwellnesstrust

See our video highlighting the work of the dental wellness trust in Cape Town. We undertake innovative oral health care programmes called LiveSmart where we help 10000 children daily who participate in our supervised toothbrushing programmes in schools. The programme starts with hand washing following by toothbrushing.

Today Our Toothbrush Mamas Mavis and Dieketso are training the Salvation Army in Soweto ,Johannesburg to deliver our oral health LiveSmart toothbrushing programme for 2400 children. in this photo they are pictured with Major Jwili from the Salvation Army. #dentalwellnesstrust #livesmart #johannesburg

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Thembisa our toothbrush mama. She was a kind and caring and dedicated to the children that she supervised. The Dental Wellness Trust is grateful for all that she has done for the charity and she will be sorely missed. Her funeral will take place in the eastern cape in her home town. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this time. May her dear soul rest in peace.

Our Live Smart Brushing club in full action occurs daily. Thank you to our dedicated toothbrush mamas who help the children daily with their tooth brushing #dentalwellnesstrust

The toothbrush Mamas are recording their album. They are singing their own composition - brush your teeth - floss your teeth. Download the full album from Soundcloud

Did you know how much sugar some smoothies contain - see the article https://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/The-calle d-healthy-smoothies-…

Dental infections in children tied to heart disease risk in adulthood Children who develop cavities and gum disease may be more likely to develop risk factors for heart attacks and strokes decades later than children who have good oral health, a recent study suggests. Researchers did dental exams for 755 children in 1980, when they were eight years old on average, then followed them through 2007 to see how many of them developed risk factors for heart attacks and strokes like... high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, high blood sugar, and hardening of the arteries. Overall, just 33, or 4.5 percent, had no signs of bleeding, cavities, fillings, or pockets around teeth that can signal gum disease. Almost six percent had one of these four signs of oral infections, while 17 percent had two signs, 38 percent had three signs, and 34 percent had all four signs. Children who had even one sign of oral infection were 87 percent more likely to develop what’s known as subclinical atherosclerosis: structural changes and thickening in the artery walls that isn’t yet serious enough to cause complications. Children with all four signs of poor oral health were 95 percent more likely to develop this type of artery damage, the researchers note in JAMA Network Open. “This emphasizes how important good oral hygiene and frequent check-ups with a dentist starting early in life are for general health,” said lead study author Pirkko Pussinen of the University of Helsinki in Finland. https://uk.reuters.com/…/dental-infecti ons-in-kids-tied-to-…
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Keeping healthy every day. Starting with hand washing them toothbrushing in the Dental Wellness Trust LiveSmart toothbrushing programme

It’s difficult to find healthy food to eat at the cinema. See the article. https://www.thesun.co.uk/…/obesity-cine ma-sweets-irrespons…/

This one of our toothbrush boards that has been assembled by the toothbrush mamas. It is simple and easy to make and useful to store the children’s toothbrushes in a hygienic way.

Please help us to raise funds for the dental wellness trust when you shop at Smile amazon. Just click onto Smile amazon and choose dental wellness trust when you shop and amazon will donate 0.5 percent of your purchase amount to the dental wellness trust. Thank you in advance

It’s Easter coming up and the dental wellness trust us concerned about the amount of sugar in Easter foods and Easter eggs. https://www.thesun.co.uk/…/8776767/east er-mcdonalds-sugar-…/