The Australian Dental Association’s awareness campaign, Dental Health Week, will take place next week from 5th to 11th August. The campaign aims to increase Australian’s knowledge of gum health, its importance and how they can best maintain theirs.
Although gums are one of the key structures supporting teeth, the ADA has found through its consumer research, that many Australians do not see the care of these foundations as being as great a priority as their teeth.
Please join the ADA in raising awareness of gum health, including how to identify bleeding gums, a red flag when it comes to oral health, this Dental Health Week.
How can you get involved?
Educate through social media
- Post the ADA’s imagery and infographics
- Share the ADA’s Dental Health Week posts from our consumer social media page @teeth.org.au on Instagram and Facebook.
To assist, we have included suggestions for captions to accompany your posts:
- Your gum health is just as important as the health of your teeth. #Let’sTalkAboutGums this Dental Health Week (5-11 August). Visit Teeth.org.au to learn more. #dhw2024 #dentalhealthweek
- Healthy gums don’t bleed! Find out how to keep your gums healthy this Dental Health Week (5-11 August) at Teeth.org.au. #LetsTalkAboutGums #dhw2024 #dentalhealthweek
Please tag @australiandentalassociation and @teeth.org.au in your social media posts.
Provide a lunch and learn
Ask a dentist to provide an education session at your workplace. If you need help finding a volunteer, complete this form, and we can help you.
Resources
You can find the full suite of Dental Health Week resources at www.dentalhealthweek.org.au, as well as the ADA’s gum disease factsheet available in English, Arabic, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Punjabi, Greek and Vietnamese and podcast, Watch Your Mouth, discussing gum diseases with Specialist Periodontist, Dr Wendy Gill.
Please join us and #Let’sTalkAboutGums.
