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Designed to Smile programme delivery

Designed to Smile is a national programme that works across environments and professions to improve oral health of young children in Wales.

As children get older

Environment Who involved Actions
Home Designed to Smile teams
Health visiting services
Early years services
Staff and student training
• Oral health components of the Healthy Child Wales Programme 
• Printed resources and e-leaflets
• Toothbrushing home packs and training cups
Dental practice Designed to Smile teams
Clinical dental services
• Staff training
‘Designed to Smile in Practice’ e-learning programme
• Printed resources
Nurseries and Primary Schools Designed to Smile teams
Teaching/ childcare staff
• Staff training
• Supervised toothbrushing programme
• Fluoride varnish programme
• Toothbrushing home packs
• Class teaching resources
• Welsh Network of Healthy Schools and Pre-schools collaboration

The structure of Designed to Smile is underpinned by a Welsh Government directive: Welsh Health Circular 2017: Refocussing of the Designed to Smile child oral health improvement programme.