Public engagement project

Dental Connect

Dental Connect is an award-winning collaborative project between staff and students at the Dundee School of Dentistry.

Dundee Dental Connect group holding a banner Dundee Connect
Status

Active

Start date

January 2025

Completion date

January 2027

Our aim is to connect with local communities and promote good oral health. Currently, we are working with Foodbanks, ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) Schools and Primary Schools. The number of initiatives continues to grow, so watch this space!

Toothy goes to the Philippines!

One of our former students, Emma Copley, translated the Toothy Tiger comic into Tagalog as part of her final year elective project in the Philippines.

Toothy gets published

Dundee School of Dentistry staff and students recently published an article about the Toothy project in the British Dental Journal
Read the article
Toothy Tiger comic

View the comic on Flipbooks

Download the Toothy Tiger comic as a PDF

Play our games

Toothy game (for children)

Now that you’ve read the Toothy Comic, can you help Toothy to pick the foods and drinks that are best for his teeth?

Play the Toothy game
Dental Development game (for Dental Students)

An online activity game for Dental Students 

Get a preview of the game

See the full version of the game (login required). Then search your catalogue for "Dental Development" once you log in

Publications

2025

Richardson, S., & Seeballuck, C. (2025). Dental Connect: two years on.

2024

Nedelcheva, V., Mannion, J., & Gonzalez, M. (2024). Dundee Dental Connect: A new approach to school engagement. British dental journal, 237(3).

Soldan, R., Virdee, C., Scott, C., Mason, S. M., & Wasim, S. (2024). Taking dentistry into the local community. British dental journal, 237(4), 243.

2023

Polson, S., Rafiq, F. & Seeballuck, C. Toothy Tigers: public engagement in a post-pandemic era. Br Dent J 234, 496–497 (2023).

Munro, K., Milner H., & Seeballuck, C. (2023). Connecting with local communities. British Dental Journal, 234(9), 645.

Wilson, B., Miller, H., Walker, R., Legg, N. & Seeballuck, C. (2023) Dundee Dental Connect: collaborating with foodbanks to promote oral health equity. British Dental Journal, 235(10), 775.

Related groups

School of Dentistry

Project type

Public engagement project