 The Dental Services Unit in the Ministry of Health recently commenced its oral health promotion activities with a dental health fair at the Griscombe Bank School. The dental health fair provided students with the opportunity to be educated on oral hygiene and maintaining overall good health. Senior dental surgeon Dr. Sherry Ephraim-Lacotte says this initiative is not new and will continue to play a significant part in ensuring children are educated on their oral health. We wanted to have a little bit of fun with the children to let them know that health is not just a serious thing but they can make it fun. Taking care of their oral hygiene, they can make it fun to help them to appreciate oral health, appreciate overall health which is one of the things that we spoke with them about earlier and to be able to be spokespersons in their communities, to their parents, their family and friends, so that everybody can improve on their oral hygiene habits. Minister for Health, the Honourable Moses Jabati says he's very pleased with the Dental Health Fair which will provide the students with information on how to ensure good dental health at an early stage. It's very important to take care of your health especially when you are young. Many people unfortunately wait until they reach my age or much older to begin to think about going to the dentist very often and so on and there are so many people who do not realise that bad oral health or bad oral hygiene can lead to so many more serious problems. And so some people believe it's a simple thing, just brush your teeth and you're okay. So I'm very happy that our dental team is here and they will speak to you and you can at least take these lessons home to your parents and to your friends. The Dental Health Fair provided the students with information on personal hygiene, oral health, nutrition, COVID-19 protocols and dental screening and treatment. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I am Phyllis Neptune.