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Prioritise your wellbeing: Maria Papavergos shares how to implement movement, a healthy diet and mindfulness into a busy practice life. Working in the dental profession involves delivering high quality care to serve the public in a high pressure environment. The privilege of accomplishment and patient satisfaction can be juxtaposed with high stress and burnout. What…
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Maria Papavergos explains how to better inform patients on the dos and don’ts when it comes to introducing foods to babies. It’s a minefield out there. Mixed health messages, misinformation, misleading marketing. It’s no wonder well-meaning parents often make choices that cost their children’s oral health. So what should we be telling our patients? Teeth…
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Probiotics are gaining attention when it comes to gut health. But they are emerging as a promising concept when it comes to maintaining oral health too, Maria Papavergos explains. With a growing appetite from the general public to adopt simple strategies to nurture their health, probiotics for oral care deserve a place in our professional…
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Maria Papavergos explores the changing oral health during pregnancy as well as how improving oral health can improve fertility. Oral health is an important component of general health and wellbeing. There are several well-established links between our mouths and the rest of our bodies. Research now indicates that maternal oral microbiota pass from the oral…
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January is a popular month to go vegan or just eat less meat. However, do we take the potential impact of this on oral health into consideration? Dr Maria Papavergos explores this choice from an oral and overall health perspective. Often Veganuary, or becoming vegan, is often a choice towards leading a healthier lifestyle. The…
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Maria Papavergos talks about her life in Scotland and why yoga and wild swimming are so important when it comes to unwinding. Please introduce yourself Based in south west Scotland, my interest lies in preventative education through diet and nutrition for oral health, as well as through promoting a healthy lifestyle. I am a practising…
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The mouth is a window to the whole body. With people’s increased appetite for protecting their own health, we have a unique opportunity to educate in oral disease prevention and its greater impact on overall health. Maria Papavergos explores how we can influence positive change in our patients. The oral microbiome has several established links…
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Maria Papavergos paints the preventative picture and explains why and how we can all nurture our oral microbiome. The education is in nutrition. With dental diseases being the most prevalent non-communicable diseases globally, it is alarming that dental caries is wholly preventable. As routine dental care grinds to a halt, there has never been a…
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Dr Maria Papavergos talks of her pandemic experience and how the dental profession can – and should – take away positives from the impact of COVID-19. My last experience volunteering was aboard the Amazon Hope Medical Ship, part of the Vine Trust, where we went deep in the Amazon jungle to treat local tribes. Volunteering…
