NB: This page was last updated in June 2025.
Oral Health Resources for Schools
Primary Schools
Better Health - Keeping Your Teeth Healthy:
Happy Smiles Programme Resources
Download the resources here:
Series 1 - This has been developed for years1 & 2 and can be used to start discussions using the picture content only.
Series 2 - this is for years 3 & 4
Series 3 - this is for years 5 & 6
Colouring Sheets - These can be used in the foundation years and are appropriate to use with the many oral health story books available for this age group.
Certificate - Schools can award pupils a certificate for participating in the oral health activities.
PSHE Association primary school resources (PSHE Association members only): Dental Health Resources KS1 and KS2
The Oral Health Foundation has developed oral health resources for Early Years through to KS2
The following resources were developed in collaboration with teachers, educational authorities and oral health professionals.
Please note that the presentation resources are in PDF format, if you require these in Powerpoint format then please get in contact with the Swindon Healthy Schools team.
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Early Years' Education (3-5 years) Units |
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Key Stage 1 (6-8 years) Units |
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Why do we have teeth? |
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Diet and Snacking |
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First Visit to the Dentist |
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Our Smile |
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Types of Teeth |
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Key Stage 2 (9-11 years) Units |
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Other useful downloads |
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Anatomy of Teeth |
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Brush Time |
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Looking after our Teeth |
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All about Teeth |
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Sugar and our Teeth |
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Dental Buddy Tips and Glossary | Information Sheet | |
Secondary Schools
Lesson pack on oral health for secondary schools (University of Sheffield, 2023)
This can be downloaded via the PSHE Association website: BRIGHT dental health lesson pack (pshe-association.org.uk)
