In Scotland we have an initiative called Child Smile which provides dental services to nurseries, schools and even have a child smile dentist in many dental surgeries. They also look after your baby's first teeth when they come in. Talking to your children about looking after their teeth is something we all need to do and we all know children don't always want to listen, I know my two have selective hearing!. This is were Wrigley's come in with their new project - Smile Back.
The Extra Smile Back Project aims to protect children’s smiles by donating money from every pack of sugarfree gum sold during the promotional period to charity partner Action for Children. The monies will be used to create and run oral health workshops, endorsed by the Oral Health Foundation. With this activity Wrigley aims to protect the smiles of over 10,000 children and 5,000 parents across the UK.
They have also created their very own story book, The Lost Smile, which will be given to children across the UK in areas where there are high rates of tooth decay. I was lucky to receive a copy and my son Liam sat his sister down and read it to her. They were giggling and smiling away, which is the exact response I was looking for. I love seeing them smile.
The story is about a little boy called Kyle who lives with his Mum, Dad and sister and he does on a mission to find their missing smiles. The book is very sweet with nice bright illustrations and clear message that our smiles are important.
You can find out more about this wonderful campaign over on their website.
I have also been given 10 copies of the book to giveaway. The competition will run until the end of June and the winners will receive their copy in July.
**please note all winners will receive their copy of the book in July. Please allow 28 days for delivery**
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