Caring for Smiles for People Experiencing Homelessness is NHS Scotland’s oral health improvement programme for people experiencing any degree of homelessness. Resources to support the delivery of the programme include a co-designed evidence-informed oral health promotion training guide; designed to enable health professionals, third sector staff and social care staff to meet the specific oral health needs of this group.

Caring for Smiles training and resources for organisations and services supporting people experiencing homelessness can be found here at Caring for Smiles for People Experiencing Homelessness – Scottish Dental.

For more information on the programme and to access training and workforce development for staff and volunteers who support people affected by homelessness email Zareen Iqbal (Health Improvement Service) at fv.smile4life@nhs.scot.

Caring for Smiles for People with Experience of the Justice System is NHS Scotland’s oral health improvement programme for people through all parts of the justice system. Resources to support the delivery of the programme include an evidence-informed oral health promotion training guide; designed to enable health professionals, prison staff and support workers to meet the specific oral health needs of this group.

Caring for Smiles training and resources for staff supporting people with experience of the justice system, including Oral Health Peer Mentor training in prisons can be found at Caring for Smiles for People with Experience of the Justice System – Scottish Dental.

For more information on the programme and to access training and workforce development for staff supporting people with experience of the justice system and for Oral Health Peer Mentor sessions email Zareen Iqbal (Health Improvement Service) at fv.smile4life@nhs.scot.

Caring for smiles for Dependent Older People is NHS Scotland oral health promotion, training and support programme for dependant older people, particularly those living in care homes.

Caring for smiles for Dependant Older People provides health and social care staff with skills and knowledge to support the oral care of someone they look after. The Oral Health Improvement team in Forth Valley works with partners, including care homes and , to deliver this programme.

Caring for Smiles training and resources for organisations supporting dependent older people can be found at Caring for Smiles for Dependent Older People – Scottish Dental.

Caring for Smiles for Adults with Additional Care Needs is an NHS Scotland national oral health improvement programme covering the age range between Childsmile and Caring for Smiles for Dependant Older People, so is aimed at adults aged from 16-64 years who need support with their daily oral care.

Adults with additional care needs often face challenges to maintaining good oral health as a result of a physical, cognitive, medical or mental health condition.

Caring for Smiles training and resources for staff supporting adults with additional care needs can be found at Caring for Smiles for Adults with Additional Care Needs – Scottish Dental.

For further enquiries regarding training, support or resources, related to the Caring For Smiles for Dependent Older People and Adults with Additional Care Needs Programmes contact the Oral Health Improvement Team at fv.enquiriesoralhealth@nhs.scot.

Cross Programme

Caring for smiles for adults in Scotland is the overarching name for the adult oral health improvement programmes. A series of resources have been developed which apply across more than one priority group population or can be used to support oral health of the wider adult population in Scotland and can be accessed here: Caring for Smiles for Adults in Scotland – Scottish Dental

The Health Improvement Service also provide workforce development, training and resources to organisations and Opiate Substitution Therapy (OST) pharmacy staff that support people affected by substance misuse, to enable them to provide tailored oral health messages to this specific target group.

For more information on this area of work and to access training and workforce development for staff supporting people affected by substance misuse email Zareen Iqbal (Health Improvement Service) at fv.smile4life@nhs.scot.

Scottish Dental provides information on training and resources that you can access to increase your knowledge and skills when delivering everyday mouth care to people that are in your care. These include:

• Oral care and toothbrushing advice for all adults for natural teeth and dentures, visit Keep smiling: Better oral care for everyone – Publications – Public Health Scotland.
• Oral health resources and training to support people who use drugs, visit Caring for Smiles for Adults in Scotland – Professionals – Scottish Dental.

Information for healthcare professionals on mouthcare for patients with Dysphagia, visitDysphagia – Scottish Dental.