West Yorkshire Oral Health Needs Assessment |
West Yorkshire Oral Health Needs Assessment Feedback
For most of us, keeping healthy teeth means two things, regular brushing and visiting our NHS Dentist. But there are a range of other issues that relate to oral hygiene, from education and prevention to how we use emergency dentists.
Having good oral health helps you stay healthy generally. Problems with our mouth can result in pain, infection, tooth loss, time off school and work and even affect the way we feel about ourselves and stop us enjoying activities with our friends and family.
Regular dentist visits can do more than keep your smile attractive – they can tell dentists a lot about your overall health, including whether or not you may be developing a disease like mouth cancer or diabetes.
On top of this there are community programmes ranging from children brushing their teeth at schools and nurseries, to health visitors, staff in children's centres and residential homes knowing how to help us look after our children's and family member’s mouths.
The Yorkshire and The Humber Public Health England Centre Dental Public Health Team have completed a piece of work which looks at what the key issues and challenges in improving oral health are. They are keen to understand whether you think it’s correct and if not what’s missing.
This is a really good opportunity to tell the people who are responsible for NHS dental services and community programmes what things are really like, and to help change them for the better.
You can do 2 things with this survey. We'd really like it if you could take the time to read the Needs Assessment, and tell the authors if they are right in what they have found.
Or, if time is short, you can just use the survey to tell your story, and give us your experiences of looking after your teeth and your mouth.
Having good oral health helps you stay healthy generally. Problems with our mouth can result in pain, infection, tooth loss, time off school and work and even affect the way we feel about ourselves and stop us enjoying activities with our friends and family.
Regular dentist visits can do more than keep your smile attractive – they can tell dentists a lot about your overall health, including whether or not you may be developing a disease like mouth cancer or diabetes.
On top of this there are community programmes ranging from children brushing their teeth at schools and nurseries, to health visitors, staff in children's centres and residential homes knowing how to help us look after our children's and family member’s mouths.
The Yorkshire and The Humber Public Health England Centre Dental Public Health Team have completed a piece of work which looks at what the key issues and challenges in improving oral health are. They are keen to understand whether you think it’s correct and if not what’s missing.
This is a really good opportunity to tell the people who are responsible for NHS dental services and community programmes what things are really like, and to help change them for the better.
You can do 2 things with this survey. We'd really like it if you could take the time to read the Needs Assessment, and tell the authors if they are right in what they have found.
Or, if time is short, you can just use the survey to tell your story, and give us your experiences of looking after your teeth and your mouth.