Sebastian Evans

Chocolate has topped the poll for the thing that makes most people smile. As this year’s National Smile Month comes to an end today, the British Dental Health Foundation has been asking hundreds of people what makes them smile the most. In a close-fought competition a simple bar of chocolate has topped the poll, followed…

The British Dental Practice Managers’ Association welcomes new president, Jill Taylor, to the helm. The 34-year-old practice manager from Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, was voted in by members at the BDPMA’s AGM at the BDA’s Dental Conference and Exhibition in Manchester. Jill, practice manager at Botanics Dental Care in Glasgow, said she is delighted with her…

Confident Dental Care has just added Preventive Practice of the Year 2010 to the clutch of awards that sits on a shelf behind its low-level reception desk in the practice which sits at the foot of a hill on one of the main roads into Stroud in Gloucestershire. Its patient-friendly approach begins as you walk…

The British Dental Health Foundation, in association with Wrigley, is inviting bids from oral health education teams across the UK to access a new charitable fund to help boost their important work, especially in disadvantaged communities. The Oral Health Education Project forms part of the Foundation’s 40th anniversary celebrations later this year and Wrigley’s own…

A team promoting oral health had a novel way of delivering their message – aboard a bus! To mark the midway point in this year’s National Smile Month campaign, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Oral Health Bus rolled into the market town of Banbury. Having already visited Didcot and Abingdon, the Oral Health Promotion team…

A dentist has come up with a pain-free jab which delivers anaesthetic to the gums without patients feeling it. Dr John Meechan, a senior lecturer in dental sciences at Newcastle University, led the team who invented the syringe which enables the anaesthetic to be mixed with a neutralising solution just before it is injected into…

A cosmetic dentist has seen his dental treatments showcased to the world after a celebrity client tweeted an image of her fantastic results. TV presenter Holly Willoughby posted an image of her virtually invisible orthodontic braces to her Twitter page, after they were fitted by cosmetic dentistry expert Dr Biju Krishnan. The 30-year-old star tweeted a…

Two dental companies at the centre of a merger plan have offered to sell practices and abandon NHS contracts in order to allay concerns raised by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The OFT is currently considering these undertakings offered by Bolton’s Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) and Surrey-based Associated Dental Practices (ADP) in relation to…

We all should change our toothbrushes every three months or risk potentially serious oral health problems. That’s the message from British Dental Health Foundation’s Dr Nigel Carter. The chief executive of the oral health charity has urged more people to start investing in new toothbrushes more regularly, before it develops into a ‘breeding ground’ for…

We all should change our toothbrushes every three months or risk potentially serious oral health problems. That’s the message from British Dental Health Foundation’s Dr Nigel Carter. The chief executive of the oral health charity has urged more people to start investing in new toothbrushes more regularly, before it develops into a ‘breeding ground’ for…

Dentists are being warned to keep dental equipment up to date or risk breaking the law. The General Dental Council (GDC) is recently alerting dental professionals to the risks they run by failing to follow law and regulations which apply to their work, premises, equipment and business*. The reminder is a result of disciplinary hearings…

No sooner have a child’s teeth appeared than it seems they are forever being told to clean them – and with good reason. Getting into the habit of good oral hygiene is hugely important because anyone who has let those habits drop are considerably more likely to suffer from gum disease, leading to both bone…

Dr James Rennie, former dean of postgraduate dental education at the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medicine and Dental Education, has been awarded a CBE for services to dentistry. He was among the names in the Queen’s birthday honours list announced this morning (Sunday). Dr Rennie, 62, retired in February this year. He had held the…