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Oral Health Awareness (HSG)
Coming soon - due 15th March 2026
Oral health is a crucial part of overall health and wellbeing. Poor oral hygiene can lead to pain, infection, malnutrition, communication difficulties, and serious complications such as aspiration pneumonia and cardiovascular disease. In the UK, around 1 in 4 adults have untreated tooth decay, and oral cancer cases have more than doubled in the last generation, with over 8,000 new diagnoses each year.
Healthcare professionals must be able to maintain good oral hygiene for service users, identify common conditions, and provide safe, effective support. This course meets Care Quality Commission (CQC) recommendations for health and social care providers and develops both knowledge and practical skills. Emphasis being placed on prevention, self-care, partnership working, and applying safeguarding, consent, documentation, and infection prevention principles to deliver safe, person-centred care.
Delegates will understand the mouth’s structure and function, recognise common conditions, and risk factors, and identify high-risk groups across the lifespan. The course covers recognising pain, infection, deterioration, and oral cancer, and knowing when to escalate concerns.
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- Understanding the mouth
- Recognising oral health problems (including oral cancer)
- High-risk groups
- Adult life factors and risks
- Pregnancy and oral health
- Work stress and neglect
- Medication-related side effect
- Infant gum care and teething
- Bottle feeding and tooth decay
- Developing routines and supervised brushing
- Orthodontics and mouth guards
- Frailty and reduced dexterity
- Disability and mouth care
- Autism and sensory processing
- Mental health
- Dementia and cognitive impairments
- Toothbrushes, toothpaste, and mouth swabs
- Brushing techniques
- Dentures and partials
- Dry mouth (xerostomia)
- Promoting self-care
- Safeguarding, consent, and legal frameworks
- Working with families and carers
- Define oral health, describe the basic anatomy and function of the mouth, and explain its impact on overall wellbeing.
- Identify common oral health conditions, risk factors, and high-risk groups, including lifestyle, pregnancy, medication, stress, neglect, and systemic health factors.
- Recognise signs of pain, infection, deterioration, and oral cancer, and explain when and how to escalate concerns appropriately.
- Explain how oral health needs change across the lifespan, including:
- Infant gum care, teething support, and risks of bottle feeding
- Establishing routines and supervised brushing in childhood
- Orthodontic care and mouth guards
- Adult risk factors
- Frailty, dementia, disability, mental health, and reduced dexterity
- Describe the impact of additional needs and conditions on oral care, including physical disabilities, autism and sensory processing differences, cognitive impairment, and medication side effects.
- Demonstrate safe and effective oral care techniques in healthcare settings, including:
- Correct brushing techniques
- Selection of appropriate toothbrushes, toothpaste, and mouth care products
- Care of dentures and partials
- Management of dry mouth (xerostomia)
- Providing care for individuals requiring assistance or with reduced capacity
- Promote self-care and preventative oral health strategies, supporting individuals, families, and carers to develop consistent routines.
- Apply safeguarding principles, consent, legal frameworks, documentation standards, and infection prevention procedures in oral care practice.
Upon completion of this Elearning course, a PDF certificate will be available straight away, that can be downloaded and printed for your records. Each course contains multiple-choice questions and interactive exercises that you’ll need to complete in order to show your understanding of the material and pass the course. Your certificate will be valid for 1 year.
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