A project to improve secondary school pupils' oral health has led to NHS Lanarkshire scooping the Patron's Prize at the National Oral Health Promotion Group's (NOHPG) annual conference, held in Manchester.

The health board's oral health team, working with local schools, developed a new DVD and teaching materials called ‘Smile with Confidence’.

Celia Watt, senior health promotion officer (oral health), said, ‘We identified gaps in oral health knowledge and designed a resource that meets the needs of the pupils.’