Did you know there is a recommended way to clean teeth and avoid decay?

Put a pea-sized amount of age-specific fluoride toothpaste on a dry toothbrush and brush for two minutes, including where the teeth and gums meet. Brush your teeth last thing at night and at one other time during the day and spit out the toothpaste but do not rinse your mouth after brushing. Cleaning between the teeth once a day with interdental brushes or dental floss has been shown to markedly improve gum health and keeping sugar hits to mealtimes means you can enjoy a treat without increasing the risk of developing tooth decay.

Operating as an employee-owned social enterprise and reinvesting our profits into improving patient facilities, our community and environment, over £7 million since 2016, our collective impact is impressive. We deliver Smarter Smiles oral health promotion to thousands of Cornish children and adults each year, we take our mobile dental unit harbourside across Cornwall and Devon providing treatment to fishermen who rarely visit a dentist due to the demands of their work, and we frequently partner with foodbanks, homelessness and other charities to improve oral health outcomes.

In May 2019, Smile Together invested to provide the community with a purpose-designed accessible dental centre in Bodmin, transforming dental provision in the county for patients who need care most. With facilities not previously available, including one of the region’s only bariatric chair and wheelchair tipper, this centre was chosen by NHS England as the county’s first Urgent Dental Care Hub in 2020, one of four that we operated alongside coordinating countywide Hub referrals during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Alongside investment in other practice locations, in February 2023 we opened a brand-new contemporary private dental practice at Keast Mews in Saltash.

A friendly values-based team, we’re committed to putting our patients and community first, whilst having a positive effect on the environment.