Oral Health
Health procedures
Oral health
Our setting provides care for children and promotes health through promoting oral health and hygiene, encouraging healthy eating, healthy snacks and tooth brushing.
· Fresh drinking water is available at all times and easily accessible.
· Sugary drinks are not served
· Only water and milk are served with morning snack.
· Children are offered healthy nutritious snacks.
· We include dentist details on our application forms and discuss oral hygiene as part of our care
· We will follow up any poor dental hygiene in children as a possible safeguarding concern
· Oral hygiene activities are included regularly in planning
· Parents are advised to stop using dummies/pacifiers once their child is at our setting and we share the affects it has on speech and teeth.