Almost 450 nursery and primary school children in the heart of the Cornish clay area will be improving their long term oral health outcomes thanks to the generous support of Bristol-based DecaDent Ltd, provider of dental surgery equipment and service.

The three-year commitment from DecaDent will enable the expert Brighter Smiles team from Smile Together to set up toothbrushing clubs in the reception classes of Bugle School, apply fluoride varnish to the teeth of reception and year 1 pupils, and deliver oral health education to all the school's pupils with home education packs for the whole family.

The Brighter Smiles team are already funded by Cornwall Council to work in the adjoining Piccolo Early Years Group and this funding from DecaDent will enable them to extend their valuable oral health education programme into Bugle School and maintain continuity.

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Luke Rees, Head of Bugle School, said: 'We've seen first-hand just how fun and effective this oral health programme is in Piccolo as many of those children transition here. With so many of our families struggling to access regular dental care we do experience issues with tooth decay amongst our pupils and have therefore been really keen to engage Brighter Smiles but couldn't do so without a financial supporter. Our school motto is "learning together by including" and thanks to DecaDent we can now work together to help improve longer term oral health outcomes in our school and local community'.

For more information visit https://smiletogether.co.uk/