‘Prevention in practice: putting children first' is a new online course available free to all dental professionals and students. With childhood caries remaining the leading cause of hospital admissions, it will be of particular interest to those keen to help address this pressing healthcare matter.

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The course, hosted by The Dental Channel Ltd, focuses on the use of brief interventions to implement the recommendations of Delivering better oral health: an evidence-based toolkit for prevention. It provides the background, including descriptions of successful prevention initiatives and how these have benefitted dental practices and their teams.

A special product pack is available free on request from TePe Oral Hygiene Products Ltd. Verifiable CPD is awarded, which is updated as additional content is completed. The course is kept current with updates including webinars and a professional networking group.

Implementing prevention is very much a team activity and it is hoped this initiative will appeal to all dental professionals and teams who treat children. Those who would like to share their experiences are warmly encouraged to do so in the networking group.

A webinar introducing the course was due to be held on the evening of 24 January.

To find out more visit https://www.dental-channel.co.uk/prevention-in-practice-putting-children-first.