The Smile4Life campaign aims to lay solid foundations for good oral health throughout life. 

Smile4Life is an oral health improvement programme to help children improve their oral health and covers 4 key themes:

Encourage Healthy Eating and Drinking 

• keep all foods and drinks containing sugar to meal times
• snack on fruit and/or vegetable between meals
• drink only milk or water between meals, keep other drinks to meal times 

Encourage regular toothbrushing  

• brush twice a day, including last thing at night
• use a smear (for under 3) or a pea sized (for over 3) amount of family fluoride toothpaste
• supervise brushing until at least 7 years of age
• spit, don't rinse after brushing

Encourage the promotion of a healthier lifestyle

• do not smoke or use any form of tobacco
• keep alcohol consumption to recommended levels

Visit a dentist regularly

• children should visit a dentist from birth
• children should be seen regularly at intervals between 3 and 12 months
• ask your dentist about fluoride varnish
• young people and adults should be seen at regular intervals as determined by their dentist
• for help in accessing a NHS dentist for routine or emergency care call your PCT dental number