• The Overstrand Dental Hygienist

The Overstrand Dental Hygienist visited Pikkewyntjies recently. Before checking our children’s teeth she chatted to them about looking after their teeth by eating wholesome food. There were groans and giggles when she said that meant not too many sweets and they all nodded their heads when she said she knew sweets were very hard to resist because they taste so good.

The children were interested in her large, plastic model of a mouth with its two rows of teeth and watched closely when she used it to demonstrate how to brush their teeth correctly. After that she checked each child’s teeth and she was surprised and very impressed that she didn’t find a single unhealthy tooth in any of those little mouths.

The staff, Zaan, Genevieve and Valne have reason to be very proud of the children’s strong teeth because the school provides toothbrushes and toothpaste for each child and the teachers encourage the habit of brushing teeth after meals at school.