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A recent study revealed adolescents who smoke are more likely to abandon the basics of oral hygiene. Research suggests that young adults double up on poor oral health habits, as they smoke and brush their teeth less than the recommended twice a day. Poor school performance and low socio-economic status also attributed to these oral…
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Colgate Oral Health Month is a leading UK campaign to promote good oral health and the theme for 2011 is focusing on ‘The Importance of a Good Oral Care Regime for a Healthy Mouth’. Research carried out following Colgate Oral Health Month 2010, showed that 90% of respondents from participating dental practices rated the Colgate Oral…
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An actress from west Sussex is over the moon to have won free Zoom! tooth whitening treatment in our winner of the month. Victoria Townson, of Chichester, west Sussex, was randomly picked from the list of new subscribers to www.dentistry.co.uk for patients. A delighted Victoria says: ‘Thanks to obscene amounts of red wine and coffee,…
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The General Dental Council (GDC) is falling apart at the seams. It has had a bad 18 months with three Presidents/Chairs, four Chief Executives and a completely new executive management team this year. It has also had two adverse end-of-year reports from its regulator the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE). The latter commented in…
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Colgate Oral Health Month is a leading UK campaign to promote good oral health and the theme for 2011 is focusing on ‘The Importance of a Good Oral Care Regime for a Healthy Mouth’. Research carried out following Colgate Oral Health Month 2010, showed that 90% of respondents from participating dental practices rated the Colgate Oral…
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A recent study revealed adolescents who smoke are more likely to abandon the basics of oral hygiene. Research suggests that young adults double up on poor oral health habits, as they smoke and brush their teeth less than the recommended twice a day. Poor school performance and low socio-economic status also attributed to these oral…
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Want a faster, easier, more profitable practice? Book your place at The Cutting Edge seminar before Friday (22 July) and save £50! This one-day seminar – The Cutting Edge: a faster, easier, profitable practice – takes place on Friday 23 September 2011 at the Royal College of Physicians, London. It boasts three of the best…
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Dentists are at the forefront of reversing the tide of the diabetic epidemic. That’s according to a new study by US scientists. In a study, Identification of unrecognized diabetes and pre-diabetes in a dental setting, published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine…
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Mechanical engineers in Iran report in the International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing that printing our own teeth may not be so far off into the future. Researchers in Iran explain how medical imaging coupled with computer-aided design could be used to create a perfect-fit blueprint for prosthetic dentistry, whether to replace diseased or broken teeth…
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Mechanical engineers in Iran report in the International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing that printing our own teeth may not be so far off into the future. Researchers in Iran explain how medical imaging coupled with computer-aided design could be used to create a perfect-fit blueprint for prosthetic dentistry, whether to replace diseased or broken teeth…
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Dentists are at the forefront of reversing the tide of the diabetic epidemic. That’s according to a new study by US scientists. In a study, Identification of unrecognized diabetes and pre-diabetes in a dental setting, published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine…
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A leading global dental organisation is urging dentists to petition chief dental officers (CDOs) and government ministers to ensure oral health is put at the top of the agenda at the United Nations Summit on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This year, the World Oral Health Day (WOHD) theme is on NCDs, and the FDI World Dental…
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A leading global dental organisation is urging dentists to petition chief dental officers (CDOs) and government ministers to ensure oral health is put at the top of the agenda at the United Nations Summit on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This year, the World Oral Health Day (WOHD) theme is on NCDs, and the FDI World Dental…
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A celebrity dentist is offering the UK the chance to try an exciting new dental treatment ahead of everyone else. Dr Biju Krishnan made headlines after fitting teeth straightening braces for TV presenter Holly Willoughby and has a raft of other clients from the world of TV and music. Many of these clients – as well as…
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More than 33 million Americans live in areas with too few dentists to meet their needs, and millions of children and retirees lack access to good oral health care because they can’t afford it, a new government report finds. ‘Persistent and systemic’ barriers continue to block many Americans’ access to dental care, the report from…
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Pilots for a new dental contract that will begin this month will boost preventive care and increase access for children, Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley MP said yesterday (12 July 2011). Speaking at Health Questions in the House of Commons, Mr Lansley told MPs that the government would build on an increase in…
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A new study revealed that men have higher chances of dying from certain types of cancer than women. The study published in the journal, Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, found that men have a higher mortality rate for a vast majority of cancers than women do. The study looked at a database of 36 different…
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Scientists in Japan have created teeth by using mouse stem cells and have successfully transplanted them into mice. The entire ‘tooth units’ attached successfully with jaw bones and the mice were able to chew normally, the researchers wrote in a paper in PLoS One (Public Library of Science). ‘The bioengineered teeth were fully functional… there…
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New research forecasts that more than one in four post-menopausal women are likely to suffer tooth loss over a five-year period. A study of 1,000-plus post-menopausal women indicates that around one in four are likely to suffer tooth loss over a five-year period, and the risk increases to nearly 90% if other risk factors are…
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