Oral Health and Education

Exploring the impact of oral health on school readiness.

There has long been a described “association” between tooth decay, school absence, and educational outcomes in children and young people. But there are few studies that explore these relationships in the UK, in young children, or use holistic assessment tools.

Dental caries and school readiness in 5-year-olds: A birth cohort data linkage study explored these relationships in pre-school children in the Born in Bradford birth cohort. (Keep links to project summary and linktree)

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Related subprojects

CHILD-LINK (Child oral Health Improvement utiLising Data LINKage)

CALM – A research project investigating ways to reduce children’s fear of the dentist.

SPOT-LITE

HABIT – Health visitors delivering Advice in Britain on Infant Toothbrushing

toothPASTE

BRUSH – The Supervised Toothbrushing Toolkit

Children’s Oral Health – linktree and further information