The BDA is encouraging dental students to take part in this year's activities for World Oral Health Day1 held on 20 March 2019 by giving oral health promotion talks to local nurseries, primary schools or children's centres.

World Oral Health Day is celebrated globally every year on 20 March, organised by FDI World Dental Federation and claims to be the largest global awareness campaign on oral health.

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The event is designed to spread messages about good oral hygiene practices to adults and children while demonstrating the importance of optimal oral health in maintaining general health and well-being.

The BDA said dental students could plan an oral health promotional visit to a childcare setting at any time, but if it was organised in the run up to, or just after, 20 March, this meant the Association could promote the effort alongside the World Oral Health Day campaign.

Various resources to support students were available including information on brushing top tips and myth busters; sugar and children's oral health top tips; BDA sugar poster; and the loan of BDA oral health promotional items such as stickers, Playmobile dental set, dentist dressing up clothes, a tooth dragon and books.