Professional learning and resources

Professional Learning

Bigger Better Smiles
Bigger Better Smiles for Aboriginal Health Services was developed in partnership with Mallee District Aboriginal Service (MDAS).

The program aims to build knowledge, skills and confidence to integrate oral health promotion across Aboriginal Health Services, focusing on workers who see families with young children and pregnant women. For more information email healthpromotion@dhsv.org.au

Professional Learning

Diabetes and Oral Health Training Program
4 hour self-paced online course (4 CPD points)
Oral Health Victoria has collaborated with the Australian Centre for Integration of Oral Health to produce a training package for diabetes care providers to increase their knowledge and confidence to provide oral health advice, screening and referrals to clients as part of diabetes care. The training has been endorsed by the Australian Diabetes Educators Association and is available to all diabetes care providers across Australia.

Resources

Diabetes and oral health brochure

Resources

Joint Position Statement on Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Accredited Practising Dietitians, Nutrition and Oral Health Professionals for Oral Health and Nutrition

Dietitians Australia and Oral Health Victoria have developed a joint position statement on Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Accredited Practising Dietitians, Nutrition and Oral Health Professionals for Oral Health and Nutrition.

Resources

Supporting Every Smile

Supporting Every Smile is an online hub of information, practical tips and resources about supporting a person’s oral health.

Professional learning

Healthy Little Smiles for educators
This course is a 1-hour self-paced eLearning module

Healthy Little Smiles workshop
This is a 1.5-hour in-person or virtual workshop. Please email healthpromotion@dhsv.org.au to book in a workshop.

Videos

Let's brush! with Tash and Chomper
Available in a range of languages

Resources

Healthy Little Smiles

Healthy Little Smiles: Early childhood oral health resource kit

Everyday Habits for Healthy Little Smiles
This newsletter comes out 3-times per year

Additional support

Achievement program

Healthy Eating Advisory Service

Oral Health Victoria works closely with early childhood services through the Healthy Families, Healthy Smiles and Smiles 4 Miles programs.

Professional Learning

Early Parenting Centre online training
This is a 1-hour self-paced eLearning module. You will be provided with a certificate as proof of CPD upon finishing the module.

Professional Learning

Oral Cancer: Prevention, early detection and referral

GPs who are registered with RACGP can access the complete online learning module and earn 1 CPD point for an hour of training.

Resources

Pregnancy and oral health fact sheet for GPs

This fact sheet provides important information to help GPs understand the importance of oral health during pregnancy and provide evidence-based care and advice to pregnant women.

Early childhood oral health fact sheet for GPs

This early childhood fact sheet is designed to support GPs to integrate oral health in their professional practice.

Professional Learning

Online training: Baby teeth count too!
This course is a 2-hour self-paced eLearning module.

Workshop: Baby teeth count too!
This is a 1.5-hour in-person or virtual workshop. Please email healthpromotion@dhsv.org.au to book in a workshop for your MCH team.

Professional resources

TEETH: Oral health information for maternal and child health nurses

Little teeth book
A parent engagement tool to support oral health promotion with clients during their key age and stage visits

Oral health milestones and key messages
This is a quick guide of the oral health milestones you may see at Key Age and Stage visits and the oral health messages to communicate to families. This resource is also available as a double-sided resource with QR codes to our resources for you to use in the key age and stage visits.

Contact the Healthy Families, Healthy Smiles team for more information

Professional Learning

Midwifery Initiated Oral Health Education Program
This online training package is recognised by the Australian College of Midwives and allocated 16 CPD points.

Incorporating oral health education into nursing and midwifery curriculum in Victoria
For more information on how to integrate oral health into tertiary education please email healthpromotion@dhsv.org.au

Videos

Why oral health should not be forgotten by midwives

Resources

Victorian oral health screening and referral pathway
This resource covers the oral health screening and referral process including public dental service eligibility criteria for low-cost general dental care.

Contact the Healthy Families, Healthy Smiles team for more information.

Professional Learning

Oral Cancer Learning Hub
Oral health professionals can visit the Oral Cancer Learning Hub to take the quiz and record 3 scientific CPD points.

Smokefree Smiles
This package includes an online training course, chairside guide, posters and Quitline referral information for clients.

Videos

Don't be afraid
A guide to positive dental visits with pre-school aged children

Filling the gap
A guide to increasing confidence in providing oral health care to people with an intellectual disability.

Oral cancer examination
Professor Michael McCullough, Oral Medicine Specialist, Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne demonstrates how to conduct an oral cancer screening.

Taking high quality intraoral mucosal photos
Professor Michael McCullough, Oral Medicine Specialist, Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne demonstrates how to conduct oral cancer screening.

This resource is designed by Smile Squad to support primary school nurses to promote the importance of good oral health and prevent oral disease.

Smile Squad mouth check poster

Download and print out mouth check poster to display. It acts as a helpful reminder of how to carry out a mouth check.

A guide to supporting good oral health in schools

Whether or not your school is participating in Smile Squad, you can use this guide to explore the ways you can support good oral health for your school community.

Lesson plans

Visit Cool.org for free, curriculum aligned lesson plans with an oral health twist.

Smile Squad

Smile Squad delivers free oral health promotion, dental check-ups and treatment to Victorian government school students at school. Visit the Smile Squad website to find out more.