Award Winning Training in Oral Health Care

Our goal is to raise the standard of mouth care in care homes through knowledge and support.

All Training

Quality Mouth Care Programme

Designed to provide care providers with support in all aspects of mouth care from training to compliance; building confidence, knowledge and a trusted partnership with us.

We understand the difficulties care providers face with high staff turnover, making training hard to implement. By joining this programme, your care home will receive total support in oral care from compliance to unlimited staff training from our dental care team.

1 month FREE!

What we do

provide unlimited oral care training for all staff

train and support oral champion/s

provide resources and ensure you are CQC compliant

quarterly progress report with oral champion/s

report resistant mouth care

weekly Q&A sessions open access to all staff

certification awarded after 6 months. Get recognised as a Quality Mouth Care care home.

Tell Me More!

Training in Oral Health suitable for all care settings

Group sessions via Webinar

Interactive group training sessions delivered by a dental professional. [Up to 20 attendees]

Find out more

E-Learning

Our e-Learning provides a cost effective and easy to use course.

The content is divided into short modules which can be paused at any time.

Find our more

Oral Champion course

Get certified as an Oral Champion. The course will equip you with all the knowledge to carry out their role confidently.

Find out more

Face to Face

Have a local Dental Care Professional attend your place of work for on-site group training sessions. [Up to 15 attendees]

Find out more

Train the Trainer course

Delegate a staff member to cascade ongoing mouth care training to all the team.

Find out more

Quality Mouth Care Programme

Implementing a Quality Mouth Care Programme is a proactive measure with far-reaching benefits for residents' health and well-being as well as improving your reputation with care

Find out more

Who we've helped raise the standard of mouth care .....

Check out our testimonials

"Great training very informative delivered at a good pace, good material sent to accompany the course as well . Thank you"

In-house Trainer

Bonehill Lodge CH

Mouthcare Management for People with Dysphagia

When the mechanism of swallowing is not working efficiently saliva, food, drink may go down the wrong way causing the individual to splutter and choke which can be a scary experience for both carer and individual having mouthcare. more

Mouthcare for Patients with or suspected with COVID-19

As essential oral hygiene practices become recognised more widely as a priority area, I would like to share with you the Public Health England Guidance 'Mouthcare for patients with COIVD-19 or suspected COVID-19' which ia a guide for staff more

Mouth Ulcers are often painful and can interfere with eating

The main symptom of mouth ulcers is typically pain! Some ulcers can be so severe that they can interfere with eating causing problems with inadequate nutrition. more

Difference between coloured swabs

Find out the difference between sponge swabs

What should I do if someone refuses mouth care?

Unfortunately as people advance with dementia they often become more resistant to mouth care. Admittedly, providing good oral care for residents that are uncooperative can be

Bad breath

How to combat bad breath with green tea.

Mouthcare for people with Parkinson's Disease

Evidence based recommendations

For residents that have a restless night ...

Dry Mouth

Denture Care Advice

Denture care advice for care homes

Alzheimer's could be caused by bacteria from the mouth.

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THAT ALZHEIMERS COULD HAVE AN INFECTIOUS CAUSE! This alarming hypothesis is being supported by a growing number of scientific studies.

Autism. Consider using a non foaming, mild flavour toothpaste.

Many people on the autism spectrum sense the world differently to other people, they have difficulty processing everyday sensory informmation.

Why you can't afford to ignore Oral Health

In care homes pneumonia is the second most common infection after urinary tract infection, and the leading cause of death among the elderly

Do not rinse after brushing

Caregivers that are reading this will have noticed the amount of residents they assist with tooth brushing that present with broken teeth. Have you ever wondered why?

Should I disinfect my toothbrush after an illness?

It is not necessary to throw your toothbrush away or disinfect it if you are sick as you are unlikely to re-infect yourself.

Denture cleaning products

Firstly could I just point out that if you read the instructions on a denture cleaning product, it states that dentures should be soaked for 20minutes in other words NOT overnight.

Destroying COVID-19 in the mouth

Reducing the spread of COVID-19 respiratory droplets from the mouth

Denture wearing during sleep doubles the risk of pneumonia

Wearing dentures continually, and especially at night when salivary flow naturally diminishes, often results in a condition called denture stomatitis, the palate becomes reddened, inflamed and infected with yeast. If left unchecked can become serious and therefore guidelines for optimal denture care are important.

Mouthwash could potentially prevent the development of lung disease.

Peeling of the inner lining of the lip area

Have you noticed the inner lining of your lip area peeling and wondered why?

Did you know...

Untreated dental decay is the most common health condition worldwide and it's totally preventable!!

Mouthwash kills virus in laboratory study

"Oral health must be prioritized as a tool again coronavirus"

Dying with dignity and respect

Oral health is often neglected at the end of life as mouth hygiene practices may be forgotten or eliminated, this can contribute to halitosis and can impact on contact with friends and family members avoiding loved one due to bad breath and worsening a person’s isolation.

Why we advise that care providers get feedback

in CQCs new inspection methodology they have developed SIX categories of evidence which they will use when carrying out an assessment. The first category is 'People's experiences of health and care services.