Mr Sebastian Evans

New year is a great time to rethink your dental regime and keep you teeth in perfect condition. With a number of revolutionary treatments including his ‘colour-match tooth whitening’ and Alloderm, Dr Simon Darfoor, leading cosmetic dentist at London’s No 1 Harley Street, wants to be the name on everyone’s lips this new year. He says:…

Have you made any resolutions for the New Year? And if you have, does taking care of your oral health factor into the equation for taking better care of your personal hygiene and health care? Hopefully, 2011 will be the year for you that your smile is better and brighter than last year. Memories of…

One of the UK’s specialist dental interior contractors plans to make it considerably less costly to undertake any planned practice upgrade now, rather than later. For a limited period up to 31 March 2011, Stark Construction Services is offering a special promotion. For orders received before that date, it is offering to pay 50% of…

Calm nerves, relieve pain and reduce a racing heart before your next visit to the dentist with acupuncture; the new, revolutionary approach to support holistic dentistry at the Covent Garden Dental Spa. Receiving acupuncture prior to dental treatments is the latest combined offering to be introduced by the practice pioneering in advances in dentistry to…

It is estimated that one third of people will break their new year resolutions by the end of January. However, gum disease experts from Eludril and Elgydium have come up with an easy solution. Most new year resolutions are connected with improving one’s health but too many people set themselves unrealistic targets. Others lack the…

An innovative device that cancels out the noise of the dental drill could spell the end of people’s anxiety about trips to the dentist. That’s according to experts at King’s College London, Brunel University and London South Bank University, who pioneered the invention. It is widely known that the sound of the dental drill is…

Engineering experts have dreamed up an innovative new device that gets rid of the noise of the dental drill. And this could put paid to people’s fears of a trip to the dentist. Experts at King’s College London, Brunel University and London South Bank University, pioneered the invention as it is well known the sound…

Children’s tooth decay is being either ignored or badly treated as a result of a system of ‘poor care’ and ‘supervised neglect’. That’s according to Monty Duggal, the head of paediatric dentistry at the NHS’s Leeds Dental Institute. Writing in the Faculty Dental Journal, Duggal criticises dentists and parents who believe problematic first teeth can…

Children’s tooth decay is being either ignored or badly treated as a result of a system of ‘poor care’ and ‘supervised neglect’. That’s according to Monty Duggal, the head of paediatric dentistry at the NHS’s Leeds Dental Institute. Writing in the Faculty Dental Journal, Duggal criticises dentists and parents who believe problematic first teeth can…

A Derby-based manufacturing firm has earned national recognition by becoming regional winners and national finalists in the HSBC Business Thinking 2010 Awards. As regional winners, infection-control experts, Dentisan, was commended for its ability to identify and meet market needs and the significant inroads made in healthcare and dentistry. The company has established its own-brand premium infection…

2011 will see the launch of three innovative new products in Wrigley’s range of sugarfree chewing gum – Extra Ice Peppermint, Extra Ice Spearmint and Extra Ice White. All three products contain 50% xylitol, giving dental professionals even more reasons to recommend sugarfree chewing gum to their patients. These products, along with Orbit Complete which…

Elderly people who lose their teeth may be at increased risk for dementia, new research reveals. The new study included more than 4,000 Japanese participants, 65 and older, who underwent a dental examination and a psychiatric assessment. Compared with participants who still had many of their natural teeth, those with fewer or no teeth were…

A dental professor has been listed in the ‘Who’s who in the world 2011’. Professor Steve Creanor, director of Undergraduate Dental Studies at Peninsula Dental School, has been selected for an entry in the new edition of the book, having been first recognised in 1994 in Who’s Who in Scotland. Professor Creanor joined the Peninsula…

The BDTA is proud to be supporting the Department of Health’s (DH) Change4Life (C4L) initiative through its ‘Kick out the sweets, bring on the treats’ campaign. The campaign is designed to promote the benefits of a healthy mouth to overall good health and ultimately encourages families to continue to visit the dentist.  The colourful campaign…

UK universities are seeing a rise in applications ahead of the major tuition fee hike planned by the government. According to data published by the Universities and Colleges Admission Service, the number of applications filed before Christmas was up 2.5% in 2010 compared to a year before. Figures show applications to study subjects such as…