National Smile MonthBetween 13 May and 13 June 2024, the Oral Health Foundation will be raising awareness of important oral health issues with the theme: Love Your Smile Join the nation's biggest oral health campaign and help bring a smile to millions of people. Find out more Take part About National Smile Month Key messages National Smile Month 2024 Your oral health Top tips How to clean your teeth Diet and your oral health Oral health & general wellbeing Statistics The Smiley Take part Things to do Activities for health professionals Activities for schools Fundraising Fundraising ideas What your money does Our Partners Shop How your money helps us improve oral health Everybody deserves great oral health. This vision is at the heart of everything we do. As an entirely self-funded charity, we rely on your generous support to help us achieve this. Every donation we receive goes directly towards improving people’s quality of life through better oral health. Every penny helps support our campaigns, programmes and charitable work. Tackling unfair inequalities Despite the vast improvements in oral health over the last 40 years, inequalities continue to be a burden for countless groups. The elderly, those on lower incomes or in areas of low social economic status, people with educational barriers or learning difficulties, those with reduced mobility, physical or mental disabilities and the homeless are all more likely to suffer from chronic ill-health. Improving childhood oral health Around a quarter of all 5-years-old have tooth decay. It is the number one reason why children are admitted to hospital for a general anaesthetic. We are passionate about providing free educational programmes for teachers, parents and carers, so that children can have the very best platform for a healthier mouth. By making a donation you will help give somebody back their smile Please select a donation amount (required) £10 £10 could support our literacy and education programmes to help individuals of all ages improve their understanding of oral health. £20 £20 could supply hundreds of people with information and advice about mouth cancer. By raising more awareness, we can increase early diagnosis and reduce the number of lives lost to the disease. £50 £50 could provide every child at a nursery or school with a dental pack that will allow them to take control of their own oral health from an early age. Other Set up a regular payment Donate Manage Cookie Preferences