Alison Edisbury

Alison Edisbury

Author at Dentistry Online


Posted in Posts

‘You can lead a fulfilled life with or without children’ – living child-free in dentistry

‘It’s not been something that I have felt an overwhelming urge to pursue’ – Alison Edisbury talks through why it’s important to not bow to pressure to have children if you feel it isn’t right for you. Choosing to live child-free – do you think it is an important topic that should be discussed? Yes,…

Posted in Posts

The patient-friendly consensus

  In this exclusive interview, Alison Edisbury considers how dental hygienists and therapists are key to providing education and oral health instruction to patients and supporting them through behaviour and habit change between appointments for improved outcomes. Following the Hygienist Advisory Panel (HAP) last year, Johnson & Johnson Ltd, the makers of Listerine, followed up…

Posted in Posts

The importance of effective periodontal therapy

Alison Edisbury explains the importance of effective periodontal therapy and how to maintain long-term supportive care with patients. Before starting a course of non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) I explain to my patients that periodontitis is a life-long condition. Whilst NSPT is an important part of stabilising the disease, long-term supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) is crucial…

Posted in Posts

Early intervention for gum health

Alison Edisbury explains the links between gingivitis and periodontitis and how effective interdental cleaning is essential. This article is brought to you by Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Listerine(R). The content is the authors own, but their time has been compensated by Johnson & Johnson. Periodontal disease is an inflammatory disease caused by the…

  • Page 1 of 1

Register for webinar
Share
Add to calendar