What is Dental Health Week?

Dental Health Week takes place in the first week of August, as it is the Australian Dental Association's major annual oral health promotion event. Its aim is to educate Australians about the importance of maintaining good oral health in every aspect of their lives.

It has three main objectives:

• Promote oral health education and awareness in the general community, schools and early education
• Motivate and educate dental professionals to promote oral health
• Encourage ongoing collaboration within the dental profession

When is Dental Health Week? 

7th to 13th of August

Activities: 

• Schedule a visit or zoom call with a local dentist who can discuss and demonstrate the importance and how to ensure they are taking care of their teeth.
• Promote intentional healthy eating activities - Cooking activities i.e. Fruit Kebabs
• Discuss food chains which outlines sometimes and always foods that are good for you and your teeth
• Encourage children to use their fine motor skills to practice the correct procedure of brushing their teeth and flossing using a model brush and teeth
• Celebrity Heads with Fruit and Vegetable - Children will wear the fruit and vegetable headbands. The child will sit facing the other children and describe what type of fruit is on their head. (ideal for preschoolers)
• How much sugar is in what we drink? - Experiment by counting how many spoons of sugar are in; soft drinks, milk, juice v's water and discussing how a lot of sugar can damage our teeth.
• Celebrate teeth through dental stories

Additional resources clicking the following links:

• dhsv.org.au/oral-health-programs/celebrate-teeth-at-storytime
• https://www.dhsv.org.au/events/healthysmiles/suggested-activities
• https://www.ada.org.au/Dental-Health-Week-2020/Resources

The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW provides a library of convenient and cost-effective webinars-on-demand particularly for existing and prospective Approved Providers, Nominated Supervisors and Responsible Persons, centre directors and Educators. These Webinars On-Demand are for you to rent for up to 3 months per subscription!

ACA NSW members will need to contact 1300 556 330 or nsw@childcarealliance.org.au to receive the individual coupon codes in order to attract member pricing.

The video of the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW Network meeting held on 11 May 2020 is as follows:

The corresponding slides for the above Network Meeting are here.

PUBLISHED: 11 MAY 2020

The video of the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW Network meeting held on 18 May 2020 is as follows:

The corresponding slides for the above Network Meeting are here.

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The video of the Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW Network meeting held on 1 June 2020 is as follows:

The corresponding slides for the above Network Meeting are here.

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