Tuesday, 2 December 2025

 Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (14:45): My constituency question is for the Minister for Education: how are Victorian schools helping support learning, health, wellbeing and socio-economic outcomes for families in our schools, including dental and oral health outcomes? I am very proud to highlight the incredible work of Joseph Zeid and Rami Zeid, the founders and dental practitioners of the Teeth on Wheels experience for students. As long-time local dental practitioners in my electorate at Teeth On O’Hea, situated at 37 O’Hea Street in Coburg, the brothers proudly established Teeth on Wheels for students back in 2015, providing mobile dental care to students, servicing over 80,000 students to date and now reaching 25,000 students each year across 200 schools and 200 childcare centres, employing around 35 dedicated staff, pioneering a positive dental experience for children and revolutionising the way dental care is provided to young people in local school settings, including Coburg Primary. On 26 November Teeth on Wheels celebrated its 10-year anniversary with its newest addition to its dental van fleet through the unveiling of the new clinic van Jasmine. The ceremony was attended by Minister for Small Business Minister Suleyman; the member for Sunbury; Colin Axup, of the Victorian Association for State Secondary Principals; Michael Gray, the Victorian Association of Catholic Primary School Principals; Andrew Dalgleish, president of the Victorian Principals Association; and many others.