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Set up by the Oral Health Foundation, National Smile Month happens once every year, with a very clear goal: to help improve people\u2019s oral health.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis year, the theme is all around helping people \u201cLove your smile\u201d \u2013 the idea of caring for your mouth and teeth.<\/em> Cut down on sugar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sugar is no friend of your smile, and being conscious of how much sugar you\u2019re eating and reducing it will make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit your dentist regularly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Do your bit, with the first three steps, and we\u2019ll do ours, by caring for your mouth in the same way we\u2019d care for a family member\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ketan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re currently in the midst of an initiative that\u2019s very important to us \u2013 National Smile Month. And if you\u2019ve not heard of National Smile Month, it\u2019s exactly what it sounds like.\u00a0Set up by the Oral Health Foundation, National Smile Month happens once every year, with a very clear goal: to help improve people\u2019s oral … Continue reading V.I.M (Very Important Month)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
And there are four things I want to share from the campaign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brush your teeth!<\/strong>
Chances are you\u2019ve heard this one before, but I make no apology for emphasising it again: brushing your teeth is the cornerstone to good oral health.
Without it, your oral health WILL suffer \u2013 brushing your teeth helps to remove plaque from your teeth, and if it isn\u2019t removed, it continues to build up, eventually causing tooth decay and gum disease.<\/em>
Use interdentals and\/or floss<\/strong>
Using interdentals and floss is a great way to get the bits of food and debris your brush can\u2019t reach, and can make a huge difference in terms of the overall health of your mouth. Make sure you use mouthwash too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow these steps, and you give yourself the best possible chance of improving and maintaining your oral health – if you need any help with any of them, just let us know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n