The key objective of this early childhood oral health toolkit is to suggest a strategy to improve early childhood oral health by identifying children at greatest risk early and targeting finite resources to children at highest need. This toolkit supports increasing the preventive focus for child oral health.
Purpose
This toolkit has been developed to guide policy makers, funders, managers, clinical leaders and clinicians. The key objective is to suggest a strategy to improve early childhood oral health by identifying children at greatest risk early and targeting finite resources to children at highest need. The aim is to reduce inequalities while maintaining a programme of universal access for all infants and preschool children.