🦷 Want to take a look at the refreshed HABIT and BRUSH websites? We've updated the design and improved navigation — explore new tools & resources for supporting infant toothbrushinghabit.com & early-years toothbrushing: supervisedtoothbrushing.com

We were delighted to contribute and share insights from the BRUSH (supervisedtoothbrushing.com) project at @nihrarcs.bsky.social. #ChildHealthImpact2025 @penarc.bsky.social @drpeterday.bsky.social @zmarshman.bsky.social Dr. Kara Kara Gray-Burrows @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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This toolkit brings together new and existing resources to help support the implementation of supervised toothbrushing programmes and clubs.

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Big thank you to Mohit, one of our brilliant final year students, for the thoughtful thank-you gifts to his Paeds tutors before heading back home 💙 Samiya Subka and Lauren Pickles. Wishing you the very best of luck in your future.

Over 400 adults and children visited the dentistry stall at @universityofleeds.bsky.social #BeCurious event last Saturday exploring oral health, research, and the science behind smiles! Huge thanks to the organisers from Leeds Dental School, our paeds team, and to everyone who stopped by!

🐣 Still April, so it's not too late for a little Easter cheer! A big shout out to our amazing team member Jayne for the delicious salted caramel and chocolate egg traybake – the perfect post-Easter treat! 🍫🧁💛

Well done ‪@amritchauhan.bsky.social‬ and the team 🙌 The new toothPASTE resources will be so helpful for families, making toothbrushing routines more positive. #WorldAutismAcceptanceMonth

Amrit Chauhan@amritchauhan.bsky.social · last yr.

To mark the start of #WorldAutismAcceptanceMonth, here’s a sneak peek at a new toothPASTE resource—a checklist for supporting toothbrushing in the bathroom (if that’s what works for your child!). Co-designed with families & OT @saskiagrassie.bsky.social 🦷 Website coming soon! 🔗 lnkd.in/eeFvxy6e

Calling all our Paediatric Dentistry Postgrad Alumni - we are thrilled to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our programme and invite you to join us in Leeds on Tuesday 30th June 2026. The reunion aligns with the EAPD 2026 conference in Liverpool later the same week.

Exciting news! Our Oral Health report authors, @drpeterday.bsky.social & @zmarshman.bsky.social, have made headlines with their groundbreaking research on supervised tooth brushing. This important study highlights the impact of proper dental care! www.youtube.com/watch?v=85IM...

Should teachers be supervising kids' tooth brushing? | 5 News

YouTube video by 5 News

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🦷On #WorldOralHealthDay, learn how BRUSH project aims to reduce childhood tooth decay via supervised brushing programmes. A collaboration between @penarc.bsky.social & @arc-yharc.bsky.social For more information: tinyurl.com/53zwf7ma @nihrarcs.bsky.social @zmarshman.bsky.social

🎉 Huge congratulations to Erin Giles @universityofleeds.bsky.social on being awarded the NIHR Doctoral Fellowship! 🏆👏 Erin's project, will explore how social determinants shape child oral health and the inclusivity of community-level interventions. Exciting work ahead! 🦷 #OralHealth #NIHR

🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Yasamin Yousefi on her MRes! 🎓✨ Her research sheds light on clinicians' challenges in meeting national cardiac standards for dental care in children with congenital heart disease. Wishing her all the best ahead! 👏

Very delighted to see how BRUSH work conducted by our department with @zmarshman.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social on supervised toothbrushing being funded and rolled out by the government. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Supervised toothbrushing for children to prevent tooth decay

Programme will reach up to 600,000 children in most deprived areas.

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Wishing all our Muslim students and staff a blessed and peaceful Ramadan! 🌙✨ #RamadanMubarak #Ramadan2025"

Read the article below where Professor Zoe Marshman & Professor Peter Day highlight the importance of supervised toothbrushing programmes in tackling tooth decay in children! 🦷 😁 @leedspaedsdent.bsky.social @drpeterday.bsky.social @amritchauhan.bsky.social www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

More work needed on children’s supervised toothbrushing programmes

Barriers to running supervised toothbrushing programmes for young children must be overcome if the UK government is to successfully tackle childhood tooth decay, researchers say.

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Our team is in the news! @leedspaedsdent.bsky.social Wonderful work by Kara, Peter and Zoe shows the urgent need to break down barriers preventing children from accessing supervised toothbrushing in schools and nurseries. Read below: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Toothbrushing clubs in schools 'face barriers' - report

A study finds

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Amazing work by BRUSH project team in highlighting the urgent need to remove barriers to supervised toothbrushing in schools and nurseries! 🦷✨ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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