Mouthcare Matters: Practical Prevention in Daily Care

A focused training session on mouthcare as a core element of prevention, particularly for people who are in receipt of care and support.

Overview

This event is being run in partnership with SW Regional NHSE dental leads and NICE colleagues who will be providing their expertise and guidance. It will cover:

• Fundamentals of oral health - what is it and how can we achieve it for ourselves and those we care for
• Implications of poor oral health - links between oral health and systemic disease (to include info about poor nutrition, hydration, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), etc here)
• Practical mouth care tips - how to care for someone else’s teeth and oral health (including toothbrushing, useful tools and products, dry mouth care, care resistant behaviours and how to manage them)
• Mouth care at the End Of Life (EOL) - how does it differ from the above advice and how can we support people at the end of life and their loved ones?

Outcomes

The event will in short:

• Highlight the importance of effective mouthcare in reducing wider health risks, and in supporting good hydration and nutrition, social confidence, and overall wellbeing.
• Position mouthcare within the wider NHS prevention and health promotion agenda.
• Provide practical training on how to deliver and promote good mouthcare.
• Understand how NICE oral health guidance and supporting tools and resources can be used to strengthen prevention, improve outcomes, and support consistent, high-quality mouth care in practice.

Who should attend?

Open to all across the sector who may find this information helpful including CEOs, Nominated Individuals (NI), Registered Managers.

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