NSW oral health resources to view or order

General

• How to brush (flyer)
  This brochure includes instructions and tips on how to brush your teeth.
  
• Soft Options (brochure)
  This brochure includes some healthy and easy meal options if you need to eat soft and moist foods because of pain in the mouth, loose or missing teeth, or trouble chewing or swallowing.
• What can I expect when I get my dentures? (brochure)
  This brochure outlines the best way to look after and maintain clean dentures.
• Smoking and Your Oral Health (flyer)
  This brochure provides information about the effects of smoking on oral health and the benefits of quitting.
  
• Diabetes and Oral Health (factsheet)
  This factsheet provides information about how to take care of your teeth and gums if you have diabetes.
  
• Heart Disease and Oral Health (factsheet)
  This factsheet provides information about how to take care of your teeth and gums if you have heart disease.
  
• Stroke and Oral Health (factsheet)
  This factsheet provides information about how to take care of your teeth and gums if you have experienced a stroke.
• Eating Disorders and Oral Health (brochure)
  This brochure provides information on how to care for your teeth and gums if you are a person experiencing an eating disorder.
• Medications and your mouth (tipsheet)
  This brochure provides information on how the medicines you take can affect your mouth and teeth.
• Medicines and your mouth - Easy read (brochure)
  This brochure provides information on how the medicines you take can affect your mouth and teeth.

Aboriginal people

• Culturally appropriate oral health icons
  These culturally appropriate icons include four key messages on how to keep your teeth and gums healthy.
• 4 Tips for Healthy Teeth and a Deadly Smile (posters)
  These culturally appropriate posters include 4 tips for healthy teeth and a deadly smile
• Healthy Smiles During Pregnancy (brochure)
  A brochure promoting good oral health care during pregnancy.
• Healthy Smiles for Kids Under 5 (brochure)
  Advice and tips for parents and carers of children under 5 to help take care of their teeth.
• Healthy Smiles for Adults (brochure)
  A brochure promoting good oral health care for adults.
• See My Smile (magnet)
  This fridge magnet encourages parents to check their children's teeth for tooth decay.
• Tooth brushing chart (A4 double sided)
  Tooth brushing charts to remind Aboriginal children to brush their teeth.

Pregnancy

• Keep Smiling While You Are Pregnant (brochure)
  This brochure gives tips to maintain healthy teeth and gums whilst pregnant.
• Keep Smiling While You Are Pregnancy (video)
  This video gives tips on maintaining healthy teeth and gums whilst pregnant.
• A Healthy Mouth is a Great Start for your Baby (flyer)
  This flyer provides information on how to care for the oral health of your baby.

Children 0-5

• Healthy Mouths for Kids Under 5 (brochure)
  This brochure provides advice and tips for parents and carers of children under 5 to help take care of their teeth.
• Healthy Mouths for Kids Under 5 (flipbook)
  This resource can be used to educate parents and carers about child oral health.
  
• Lift the Lip (fridge magnet)
  This fridge magnet encourages parents to check their children's teeth for tooth decay.
• Teach Your Baby to Drink from a Cup (brochure)
  This brochure encourages parents and caregivers to teach their babies to drink from a cup from 6 months old to promote good oral health.
  
• Sugar in Breakfast Foods (poster)
  This poster outlines the sugar content in breakfast foods.
• Sugar in Snack Foods (poster)
  This poster outlines the sugar content in snack foods.
  

Children 6-17

• Healthy Mouths for Kids at School (flyer) This flyer provides dental information for parents and carers of children attending school.

Multicultural communities

• Betel Nut Products and Preparations (factsheet). This resource has been developed for health professionals. It aims to improve their understanding of the health issues associated with betel nut use and provide guidance on how to conduct a brief intervention with patients using the substance.
• Betel Nut and Oral Cancer (brochure). The purpose of this resource is to increase awareness about the link between betel nut use and oral cancer among co​​nsumers in NSW.
  
• Share the Same Smile (presentation)
  The Share the Same Smile suite of resources aims to improve oral health knowledge and reduce dental problems in refugee communities. The resources are designed to be presented directly to refugee groups, in their own language, by bilingual community educators, or in simple English by other multicultural or health workers.
• Healthy Mouth Something to Smile About (video)
  This multilingual video is based on the information included in the Share the Same Smile resources. The video is available in eight languages: Arabic - Iraqi, Arabic - Sudanese, Dari, English, Karen, Nepali, Tamil, and Urdu.
• Keeping Teeth Healthy (A5 factsheet)
  This factsheet includes information on how to keep your teeth healthy.
• How to Keep Your Teeth Healthy (A4 poster)
  This poster includes information on how to keep your teeth healthy.​

People with disability

• Denture Care (tip sheet for carers)
  If you are looking after someone who has dentures (false teeth), here are a few tips that might help.
• Denture Care (easy read for carers)
  This is an easy read version of Denture Care (tip sheet fo carers).
• How to brush someone else's teeth
  This resource provides information on how to brush the teeth of another person.
• ​How to care for your children’s teeth​
  This resource provides information for parents and carers of children with disability.
  
  

Older adults

• Support package for older people (booklet)
  A guide for family, carers and support workers on how to prevent and minimise health problems associated with older people.
• Toolkit for older people (booklet)
  A guide for oral health and health service providers on how to prevent and minimise health problems associated with older people.

Information about public dental services

• Public Dental Services (flyer)
  This flyer provides information on NSW Public Dental Services.
• Child Dental Benefits Schedule Factsheet (A4 poster)
  This poster includes information about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
• Child Dental Benefits Schedule Factsheet (A3 poster)
  This poster includes information about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
• Child Dental Benefits Schedule FAQ (A4 poster)
  This poster includes frequently asked questions about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
• Child Dental Benefits Schedule FAQ (A3 poster)
  This poster includes frequently asked questions about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.

Links to external resources

• Protecting Tiny Teeth
  A digital media resource for parents and carers about prevention of dental decay in babies, toddlers and infants.
• Protecting Teen Teeth
  A digital media resource for teens to help improve their oral heath.
• Early Childhood Oral Health eLearning training The training module to support primary health care providers in identifying, preventing and managing early childhood caries for children 0-5 years of age.
• Promoting Oral Health in Early Childhood
  A digital media resource to promote oral health for children 0-5 years of age.

Community information

• Guidelines for the use of fluorides in Australia
• Fluoridation of drinking water in NSW
• Healthy Living
  NSW Health awareness and prevention programs to improve your health.
• Quit smoking iCanQuit
• NSW Aboriginal Health
• Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW
• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
• Primary Health Network​
  Provides integrated care support in collaboration with local health districts to work in partnership on improving the health and wellbeing for the local community.
• Multicultural Health Communication Service
  Translated materials for oral health care, dental health prevention and health promotion for multicultural communities.
• NSW Refugee Health Service
• NSW Public Dental Service
• Australian Dental Association NSW