Sebastian Evans

A charity fund aimed at helping to improve the oral health of poor area across the UK has been launched. 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…

They form a part of our daily routine. Twice a day, morning and night, for two minutes, they help clean our teeth and keep our mouths fit and healthy. Despite this, the shelf-life of a toothbrush is a relatively short one – in theory we should only use them 180 times and for a total…

With all the royal wedding hoopla that has been a major media focus over the past several months, a huge emphasis was placed on how the lovely new couple looked. A major part of the ‘look’ is how much the new couple in the media has enjoyed smiling – beautiful teeth and beautiful people. It…

A dentist has scooped one of the world’s most prestigious wildlife conservation prizes for her work saving the rainforests. Drt Hotlin Ompusunggu, a Sumatran dentist working in West Kalimantan, Borneo, in south east Asia, aims to sever links between poverty, ill-health and ecological damage by letting poor communities ‘pay’ for healthcare by becoming guardians of the…

Practice owners who are not on top of their recruitment documentation are in danger of paying thousands of pounds in fines to the UK Border Agency (UKBA). Under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 an employer is required to ask a prospective employee for documentary evidence of their right to work in the UK…

The latest statistics on dental commissioning were released today by the Department of Health. All 151 Commissioners (PCTs and Care Trusts) returned data. 89.1 million UDAs have been commissioned as at 31 March 2011. This represents a decrease of 0.4 million (0.5%) on the UDAs commissioned as at 31 December 2010. This data shows the…

Women are better than men when it comes to taking care of their teeth. That’s according new research published in the Journal of Periodontology which women are more proactive than men in maintaining healthy teeth and gums. According to the study, published in April 2011, women are almost twice as likely to have received a…

The nation has been fixated with the royal wedding because it gave them something to feel happy about. Now that most of the hype is over, most people’s happiness levels will quickly return to normal. The Happines Habits Experiment, carried out by wellbeing expert, Lucy McCarraher, and social psychologist, Annabel Shaw – authors of The…

TV presenter Holly Willoughby has been named the British celebrity with the most welcoming smile. The survey, carried out as part of the British Dental Health Foundation’s annual campaign, National Smile Month, showed Holly received a quarter of the votes, with fellow TV personality Kelly Brook scooping 18%. For the boys, David Beckham and Prince…

The Department of Health (DH) is applauding the success of the now defunct Dental Access Programme (DAP) which it says played a key role in boosting access figures. The national Dental Access Programme ran from January 2009 to March 2011 and, during that time, the DH says the NHS achieved a ‘substantial two million increase…

Secretary of state for health, Andrew Lansley, will now address the 2011 British Dental Conference and Exhibition on Friday 20 May, it has been confirmed this week. Mr Lansley will speak at 11am on the second day of the event, which takes place at Manchester’s Central Convention Complex.   Delegates at the event will have…