Oral Champion Course

Be Confident and Successful in your Role

You've been nominated as an Oral Champion....now what?

Learn the necessary knowledge and skills to confidently carry out your role as an oral champion. Our training provides everything an oral champion requires to confidently carry out their role.

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NEW Enroll all Staff in Mouth Care Training
One Fee. Unlimited training

ENROLL ALL STAFF

ELEARNING

One Fee. Receive a code for staff to enter for eLearning. A progress report is sent to the care home each month with staff certificates.

ENROLL ALL STAFF

LIVE WEBINAR TRAINING SESSIONS

One Fee. Receive a code and get staff to select a date to suit them . After training a list of staff names with certificates will be sent to the care home.

Who is the training for?

All staff levels. The training is comprehensive without being complex in detail and covers everything required to manage mouth care for vulnerable adults, from the frail elderly to individuals with complex medical needs for all care settings.

What is covered?

Students will understand the effects that poor oral health has on the general health and well being of vulnerable adults and why poor mouth care can become a safeguarding issue.

Understand what best practice is in mouth care management, recommended tools and clinical governance. We give plenty of practical advice throughout the training to help develop practical skills and build confidence.

TRAINING CONTENT

Training in Oral Healthcare. For anyone that delivers personal care.

Face to Face Training

Have a local Dental Care Professional attend your place of work for on-site group training sessions.

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Train the Trainer course

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

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Group webinar sessions

Interactive group training sessions delivered by a dental professional. Pay per session.

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Refresher course

Oral Care Training refresher course for Train the Trainer are recommended every 2 yrs.

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Elearning for individuals

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.

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Oral Champion course

The nominated oral champion will be equipped with all the knowledge they require to carry out their role.

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Register Free webinar
End of Life Mouth Care Management

The webinar is aimed at giving caregivers and nurses a quick reference guide in best practice end of life mouth care regime. Best mouth care practices include consensus-based practices as published by

NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary: Palliative care – How should I manage oral care in the terminal phase? NICE July 2023
Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines – Mouth Care in the last days of life (Healthcare Improvement Scotland and NHS Scotland)
Palliative Care Wales: Palliative Care (Adult) Network Guidelines

Duration: 20 mins

DATE: To be confirmed. [from mid January]

Time: 10am

What our customers say

CUSTOMER REVIEW

"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

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Denture care advice for care homes

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Why you can't afford to ignore Oral Health

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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

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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.