Nearly half of people with Parkinson's disease have difficulty with mouth care because of difficulty in physically brushing their teeth due to motor symptoms such as tremor, stiffness and/or slowness of movement 🪥

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For parkinsons awareness week why not download our FREE mouthcare guide 🦷🪥

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Jane has been buying new gadgets to trial ❤️

Here she is trying a new camera to take photographs of the inside of the mouth 🦷

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Huge thank you to Jane's wonderful dad for allowing us to share this photo (who wants to become social media famous) ❤️

They are demonstrating guided tooth brushing for dementia 🪥🦷

Please help him and share! 😊

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SMILING MATTERS 2023 REPORT recommends having an oral champion to promote good practice 👍

Next course 14th May

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Dr Kathryn Mannix is a world-renowned palliative care expert and thinks we need to talk more about death.

She will be in the hot seat with colin murray from 3pm to share her knowledge about dying.

🗣️ What would YOU like to ask her?

Some children don’t like the taste and texture of toothpaste and may prefer flavourless or low foaming such Toothpaste.

For more advise, see the leaflet 'advise for parents of children with autism. ⬇️

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👄🩸Knocked out tooth? Don't panic!

Keep calm, the tooth can be replaced in the socket successfully if you take the right action as soon as possible.

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👄 A dry mouth is more than just feeling thirsty! 👄
The condition impacts 1 in 4 adults & if not managed the symptoms can lead to tooth decay, gum disease, difficulty with speaking/swallowing & issues with disturbed sleep.
Seek medical advice if these symptoms are familiar.

Calling all teachers! Check out our FREE “Keeping our teeth healthy” lesson plans for key stage 1 and key stage 2 available to download here:

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