The Childsmile Toothbrushing Standards are recognised as best practice guidance for delivering a daily supervised toothbrushing programme. These standards have been reviewed for accuracy and relevance by the Care Inspectorate and Health Protection Scotland.
Early Years providers should use the Health and Social Care Standards to complement this guidance to ensure the provision of high quality toothbrushing programmes.
These standards have been reviewed for accuracy and relevance by the Care Inspectorate and ARHAI Scotland.
Also available is the abbreviated Standards for Nursery and School Toothbrushing.
Training on the daily supervised training programme is delivered by local Childsmile teams, further information is available from the local Childsmile Coordinator. NHS Education Scotland have also developed Open Badges to support the knowledge and skills for those supporting children with toothbrushing.