A new project inspired by Scotland's 'Childsmile', using flexibilities in the dental contract has been launched. The project aims to increase access to dental services for families in Skelmersdale.
Skelmersdale Smiles is a pilot project which is currently being delivered through a partnership between NHS Central Lancashire and a local NHS dental practice, and will mean that every child born in Skelmersdale and their siblings will be offered NHS dentistry.
Patients attending the Skelmersdale Smiles practice will receive risk-based, age-specific preventive care delivered in accordance with the Department of Health's 'Delivering Better Oral Health' toolkit. The project will be robustly evaluated and extended within Cumbria and Lancashire.
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Pilot project launched. Br Dent J 206, 247 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.212
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.212