Mouth Matters

A person using their finger to show their lower left teeth.

Mouth Matters is NHS Scotland’s oral health improvement programme for people with experience of the justice system. Resources to support the delivery of the programme include an evidence-informed oral health promotion training guide; designed to enable health professionals, prison staff and support workers to meet the specific oral health needs of this group.

The Programme is led by Niall Mc Goldrick from Dental Public Health at the School of Dentistry, University of Dundee. Further information related to the development and history of the programme are available from the Scottish Oral Health Improvement Prison Programme.

Click on the box below for links to the resources: