Welcome to the My Smile Award programme.
My Smile is an accreditation awarded to early years settings that implement the four steps of the award. These create a tooth friendly environment for young children, helping to protect their oral health.
The award supports daily toothbrushing on site, ensures that snacks and drinks provided are tooth friendly and encourages families to visit the dentist regularly.
Targeted settings across Bedford and Central Bedfordshire are invited to take part in the award each year and the accreditation is valid for two years.
If you have registered and are already part of the award, you will find documents to help you on the downloads page.
My Smile Children’s Centres is an accreditation awarded to Children’s Centres and Family Centres in Bedfordshire. Centres support the promotion of oral health through sharing information to families around toothbrushing, tooth friendly diets and dentist visits. Training is delivered to centre staff by the oral health team and resources are provided to help meet the steps of the award.
The accreditation is valid for two years.
If your centre would like to be part of the award, get in touch with us at ccs.oralhealthbeds@nhs.net.
You’ll find documents to help you meet the steps on the downloads page.
And introducing…Let’s Brush
Let’s Brush supports targeted early years settings with daily toothbrushing on site, which is an evidence based oral health intervention with lots of benefits:
* Improved brushing technique
* More compliance when cleaning teeth at home
* An additional brushing to the two times at at home
* Reinforcement of the habit
* It’s a fun shared activity that the children love doing!
Full training and equipment is provided to invited settings, as well as ongoing support.
If you have any queries about the My Smile Award or Let’s Brush, contact us at:
Email: ccs.oralhealthbeds@nhs.net
Address: Flitwick Health Centre, Highlands, Flitwick, MK45 1DZ
Congratulations to all those who achieved the My Smile Award 2025:
Bedfordshire settings:
Debbie’s Daycare
Diamond Days Nursery
Downside Preschool
Dunstable Icknield Lower School
Eversholt Lower School
Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and Preschool
Linden House Nursery
Little Steps Nursery
Livingstone Primary School
Overdale Tots Preschool
Rainbow Preschool & Extended Services (East)
Rainbow Preschool & Extended Services (West)
Tithe Farm Primary School
Well done to the Bedfordshire Children’s Centres who achieved the My Smile Children’s Centres Award:
Leighton Buzzard Children’s Centre
Shefford and Stotfold Children’s Centre
Congratulations to all those who achieved Let’s Brush 2025:
Ashbourne Day Nursery
Cleverkidz Limited
Cotton End Forest School Reception
Elstow School
Gothic Mede Academy
Great Barford Primary Academy Nursery
Houghton Regis Primary School
Keep Guard Day Nursery
Moggerhanger Primary School
Queens Park Academy
Ridgmont Lower School
Sharnbrook Primary Preschool
Shortstown Primary School
St Joseph’s and St Gregory’s Primary School
Sundon Lower School
Tilsworth Montessori School
Some of our recipients 2025
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