Oral health is essential to general health and quality of life. It is a state of being free from mouth and facial pain, oral and throat cancer, oral infection and sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay, tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders that limit an individual’s capacity in biting, chewing, smiling, speaking, and psychosocial wellbeing (World Health Organization Europe). Risk factors for poor oral health include tobacco use, alcohol use and a diet high in sugar. Prevention is the key to oral health improvement and includes leading a healthy lifestyle, having good daily oral hygiene (brushing teeth at least twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste) and having regular dental check-ups.

Read more

Resources Our top picks


Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /nas/content/live/phn21/wp-content/themes/divi-child/single-topic.php on line 370

File type

Title

Produced by

Oral and dental health

Welsh Government

Designed to Smile: improving children’s dental health

Welsh Government

Addressing poor oral health in Wales

Cardiff University

Oral health

World Health Organization

Looking for a specific resource?

If you are looking for topic specific resources, please click on search resources where you will be able to filter and search by topic area.

Contribute to our topics

Do you have a resource you want to share? Become a member and contribute to our network by adding to our topics.

Report a problem

We do our best to keep this page as up to date as possible.
Should you find any information is leading to a dead link or would like to provide feedback on this page, please contact us below.

Back to the top