Health Matters: Child dental health

Issue 14, June 2017 Welcome to the latest edition of Health matters, a resource to support professionals working to improve population health. This issue focuses on child dental health. What's new Child dental health  Read our latest edition of Health Matters which looks at how the health and care system can help prevent tooth decay in children under 5 as part of ensuring every child has the best start in life. Tooth decay is largely preventable yet it remains a serious problem. A quarter  of 5 year olds have experienced tooth decay, having on average 3 or 4 teeth affected. . Spread the word Use our pack of infographics to make the case when commissioning or delivering services.  Missed the launch teleconference? Listen again to the presentation. Join in the conversation Follow #PHEHealthmattters on Twitter Videos Watch Dr Sandra White, Director of Dental Public Health at PHE, discuss the scale of the problem and what can be done.  Case studies and blogs Case studies: Smile4life in North West England  Healthy Teeth, Happy Smiles - Leicester City Council  Blogs: Read our blogs on: Launch blog on Health Matters: child dental health  Tackling child dental health issues at a local level  Health Matters - your questions on child dental health answered  Dental health resources Policy Children's Oral Health Improvement Programme Board Government's childhood obesity plan PHE's Water fluoridation: health monitoring report for England 2014 Data  PHE 2014/15 dental survey of 5 year olds  PHE 2013 oral health survey of 3 year olds Tools PHE Delivering Better Oral Health: a toolkit for prevention review of the evidence of the cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve the oral health of children aged 0 to 5 years Delivering Better Oral Health - quick guide to a healthy mouth in children factsheet Guidance  NICE guidance on oral health This service is provided to you at no charge by Public Health England. This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Public Health England (PHE), Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG 020 7654 8400