The Scottish Government's Childsmile programme (commencing in 2006) was named by EU Health as best practice for oral health improvement in June 2019. Since Childsmile began, the percentage of decay-free 5 year olds in Scotland increased from 45% (2003) to 71% (2018). Congratulations to the Childsmile co-director Professor Lorna Macpherson, who provides advice for the development and implementation of similar initiatives to governments and agencies internationally. For more information, click here or visit www.child-smile.org.uk.


First published: 26 June 2019