Big Brush Club is a supervised toothbrushing programme targeted at 3–5-year-olds in primary schools and nurseries in areas of need. Provided by At Home Dental, it is the largest supervised toothbrushing programme in England, being delivered to nearly 50,000 children across the Southwest and covering 7 NHS ICB regions. At Home Dental At Home Dental...
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Live on BBC Radio Wiltshire
Big Brush Club Project Facilitator Alisha was live on BBC radio Wiltshire for National Smile Month discussing supervised toothbrushing and why it is important. It’s been a busy month for Big Brush Club across the board, with uptake of schools continuing to increase on a daily basis. We have 875 schools currently brushing to Bobs...
Somerscience Festival
Project Facilitator Alisha represented Big Brush Club at Somerscience Festival in Somerset over the bank holiday weekend. She enjoyed fantastic engagement from children and parents alike. Our Bob the Badger colouring sheets were a big hit and it was a great opportunity to spread the word about Big Brush Club and raise awareness of the...
Supervised toothbrushing uptake strong
Uptake of supervised toothbrushing is continuing strongly as we are now in the final term of the school year. Big Brush Club, currently operating across all regions in the Southwest, delivers weekly training webinars to school and nursery staff who plan to implement supervised toothbrushing in their setting. To date, we have an impressive 1259...
Growth and recruitment
In line with our growth plan, recruitment at At Home Dental has ramped up, with positions being advertised across all hubs. These include Dentists / Dental Therapists / Dental Nurses / Van make-ready operative and more. We have received lots of applications for advertised roles and are in the process of interviewing candidates. It is...
Trustpilot rating rises to 4.9 stars
After sitting at a comfortable (and very impressive) 4.8 star rating on TrustPilot for some time, we’ve recently increased our quality rating to 4.9! We are humbled by this steadfast support and high praise from our customers and would like to praise our team for their amazing work. Thank you to both our customers and...
New fleet of vans
We have recently invested in five new vans, bringing our At Home Dental fleet up to an impressive 12 vans. These have been branded up and look fantastic with our logo in turquoise, prominently displayed. We are making a big push to get all five vans fully operational by the end of the Summer. Various...
Toothbrushing song released
We are excited to have just released our own Big Brush Club supervised toothbrushing song, written and produced by one of our very own dentist This song, produced by At Home Dental dentist Bob Cervantes, is two minutes long and a motivational tune to help inspire children to brush their teeth for the full, dentist...
Oral Health Assessments for Care Homes
In line with other providers delivering complimentary eye and hearing tests, At Home Dental are pleased to offer a free dental assessment to residents at care homes across our areas of operation. This forms part of At Home Dental’s goal of ensuring dental access for all, regardless of circumstance, and comes with absolutely no commitment or obligation....
Strong feedback for Big Brush Club
Big Brush Club is now operational across the region and is receiving excellent feedback on Oral health training webinars and oral health education talks for children. Below are a few comments we have received from staff. “Anna has been great! She was very knowledgeable and was able to answer all our questions. The children really enjoyed...
Oral Health Training for Care Home Staff
Complimentary Oral Health Training for care home staff is now being offered to all care homes within At Home Dental’s area of operation. The importance of good oral health for residents in care homes is well documented ; this impacts not only eating and nutrition, but also speech, general wellbeing and self-confidence. Our Oral Health...
Big Brush Club Mobilised across 5 regions
Big Brush Club is now fully mobilized across five regions – Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Bristol and Gloucester. The Big Brush Club is gaining momentum, with huge numbers of uptake in schools across the Southwest. Devon: 90% of eligible schools are now brushing! Somerset: 68% of eligible schools are signed up, with stock arriving for the...