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 eec.oralhealthbeds@nhs.net.
You’ll find documents to help you meet the steps on the downloads page.
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: eec.oralhealthbeds@nhs.net
Address: Flitwick Health Centre, Highlands, Flitwick, MK45 1DZ
Congratulations to all those who achieved the My Smile Award 2026:
Aristo-Tots Private Nursery School Ltd
Fordfield Nursery Ltd Ruxox House
Hazeldene School
John Donne Church of England Primary School
Manor Farm Day Nursery
Priory Parkside Preschool
Puddleducks Nursery & Pre-School
St. Augustine’s Academy
Stanbridge Lower School Pre-School
Thomas Whitehead C of E Academy
Thornhill Primary School
Congratulations to all those on the Let’s Brush programme 2026:
Caddington Pre-School
Carlton CofE Primary School
Kiddi Caru Bedford
King’s Oak Primary School
Kingsmoor Pre School
Maulden Lower School
Oakley Primary Academy – Acorns
Queens Park Community Nursery – Blue Orkids
Southill Lower School
St Mark’s Church Preschool, Bedford
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Pre-school, Caddington
Wootton Community Nursery – Blue Orkids
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