Good oral health is essential to our overall health, wellbeing and quality of life.
For 50 years, Smile Month has helped people across the UK understand how to care for their mouths, make healthier choices and prevent avoidable disease. Over that time, oral health has improved significantly – but progress has not been shared equally.
Too many people still experience the pain, discomfort and life impact of preventable oral disease. Too many communities face barriers to care, advice and support. And too often, the system still responds after problems have developed, rather than helping people stay healthy in the first place.
The Smile Month Prevention Pledge is a commitment to change that.
It supports the ambition set out in our report, Oral Health: From Treatment to Prevention, to build a future where prevention is placed at the heart of oral health policy, services, education and everyday life.
Our Pledge
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