80% of medications have xerostomia (dry mouth) as a side effect. This causes dental decay, mouth discomfort, and makes wearing dentures uncomfortable. Once root caries set in, it is very difficult to manage #BGSconf

DAY 3 #BGSconf such an important aspect of care and lost dentures need to be logged as an incident on datix.

Supporting patients hospital who are resistant to mouth care youtu.be/ieQJFSUlOps?si… via YouTube

Deture loss is frequent, expensive, and time-consuming or even impossible to replace. Does your ward have a system to check eg meal trays and bed linen before tidied away? #BGSconf

So great to hear Jacqui Holmes talk about mouth care and how it is important to not only dental health but for eating, drinking, wellbeing and systemic health 🪥🦷 Would be lovely to have some mouth care champions from the therapy team UHNM NHS Trust 🏥 MouthCareMatters

This week we worked with the nursing and play teams to run ‘Mini Mouth Care Matters’. It aims to encourage patients and their parents to take care of their teeth and gums to avoid infections like endocarditis. We are proud to provide funding for educational projects Royal Brompton and Harefield ❤️💙

Embracing the power of a smile during RMCH mouth care matters awareness walkround today.
National Smile Month RMCHosp Quality Improvement Team

Another well attended and engagement Mouth Care Matters session from our champions. Great to hear all the work you are doing in your areas- Resources, leaflets, teaching, Board updates, Mouth Care trolley, all to support patients and staff. Thanks you.👏🏽👏🏽🪥👄👄North Manchester General Hospital

Great to see the #bgsconf tweets on #dementia & #nutrition . It leads nicely onto Gerry McKenna and I speaking on the #oralhealth of older people. If you have a dirty/painful/infected/drymouth it is going to prevent you eating. Friday 0930 🦷🪥British Geriatrics Society BSG

Smiley selfie SASH NHS Trust #mouthcare for all

Smile month SASH NHS Trust #mouthcarematters #DementiaCare #smile #Generalhealth #RecoveryPhrase

Take a look at this fantastic #Nationalsmilemonth corridor wall display. Created by the pupils with special needs at Alfreton Park SEND school in Derbyshire. Happiness and wellbeing is definitely at their roots!
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT #wellbeing MouthCareMatters Holly House School - Resi & After School Stanton Vale School

⁦Iain chapple⁩ speaking ⁦Dentistry Show⁩ this morning on the links of periodontal disease to general health #puttingthemouthbackintgebody ⁦BDA⁩

I feel very lucky to be working closely with Leslie to create a Gloucestershire Mouth Care Partnership network which involves Acute, Community and Care home settings with the aim of improving oral health and Mouth Care we provide our service users!

#MouthCareMatters One Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Partnership

I am so incredibly proud of your hard work and passion Sophie F-T 💙. The partnership is amazing and is making a difference to mouthcare and oral health across Gloucestershire.

As part of national smile month, today we have Jo and Kenya from the dental hospital working with our staff and patients on the wards providing education for everyone! Great MDT work as part of #NationalSmileMonth Ellie Barclay morag doherty 💙 Carly Honey Emma

Losing sensory personal items while in hospital can have such a negative impact on our patients.
Thank you to Well Wishers Charity for your support in providing personal items boxes to help protect these essential items. Watch this space for launching with WHT_PatientExperience K Creedon

A great way to celebrate #smilemonth and support #mouthcarematters Caroline Bestwick Jessica Rose

Love this Leeds Teaching Hospitals Dental Institute 🦷👄 🪥 #mouthcarematters Rabina Tindale Sarah Smyth RGN debhall 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓸 𝓟𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮 ɪɪɪ Gemma Suzanne Wood Leeds Neurosciences Head & Neck CSU Stuart Pearson Hannah Tanz Rayaz-Pinder (تنزيلا) Sarah Hanbridge RN Sarah Kehoe Lorna Johnson Cardio-Respiratory - LTHT

Team @KeepStokeSmiling and UHNM Quality and Safety Team joined forces again today to talk all things Mouth Care Matters on the wards at Royal Stoke MouthCareMatters #nationalsmilemonth #loveyoursmile #smileyselfie

It’s more than just #mouthcare #mouthcare matters
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