Co-production of an oral health intervention: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health

Background: People with severe mental illness (SMI) experience poorer oral health than the general population. They are less likely to visit the dentist or brush their teeth and face unique barriers to accessing oral health support. There is a limited number of oral health interventions for people with SMI, and there is no conclusive evidence on their effectiveness. An integrated oral health intervention delivered by mental health professionals in a community mental healthcare setting could offer a scalable option to oral health support for people with SMI. In this paper we report on the proce

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