Dentist Ben Underwood's Brush DJ app for smartphones has won a Best Dental Innovation award. The app is designed to make toothbrushing fun and effective. It has been downloaded in 149 countries.

Ben, from York, said: ‘Winning the award has been a great honour and made all the work that has gone into the development of Brush DJ worthwhile’.

In conjunction with the app, the first series of animations showing how to carry out basic oral hygiene tasks has been uploaded to YouTube and another five were set to be uploaded as Vital goes to press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXFgTPsQS8Y