ADA named as a winner of FDI World Dental Federation’s 2022 Smile Award

The Australian Dental Association has been given the FDI World Dental Federation’s 2022 Smile Award in recognition of its Watch Your Mouth podcast which delivers vital oral health information to the public.

The FDI Smile Award serves to promote preventive oral care at a local level, awarding FDI Member Associations which are making a difference in oral health nationally through innovative and sustainable community outreach projects.

Hosted by Jimmy Rees, the Watch Your Mouth podcast, the brainchild of ADA Oral Health Coordinator Dr Mikaela Chinotti,  was conceived as a way of disseminating information on subjects such oral health and pregnancy, brushing and flossing for young children and teeth whitening to people on the go.

Now part of the ADA’s Teeth.org.au oral health initiative, the Watch Your Mouth podcast is available via Apple and Spotify, an expansive reach that ensures people everywhere can learn about the importance of looking after the oral health of themselves and their family.

It’s important that this information reaches people by every means possible with the ADA’s Australia’s Oral Health Tracker underscoring the fact that while gains have been made in improving the oral health of Australians, there remains a great deal of ground still to be made up, with initiatives like Watch Your Mouth playing a key role in bridging that gap.

To find out more about the Watch Your Mouth podcast and the host of oral health information available through the ADA, go to Teeth.org.au

The Korean Dental Association also received the Smile Grant award for their Smile Run Festival, an annual marathon race designed to raise awareness and support low-income patients with facial disfigurement and oral cancer.

For more on their initiative, go to "Smile Grant Awards 2022: FDI recognizes outstanding member projects to promote oral health"