Health professionals delivering oral health interventions in early childhood: a scoping review of Australian and New Zealand literature.

Integration of dental and primary health care increased access to oral health care and advanced positive oral health outcomes for children. With adequate training, resources, and support mechanisms, non-dental health professionals can deliver oral health strategies that facilitate behaviour change in parents to improve children's oral health. SO WHAT?: Health promotion generates enabling conditions that support and empower families to improve and maintain their oral health. Non-dental health professionals can play a crucial role promoting oral health for very young children and improving equitable access to preventative oral health care.