Mr Sebastian Evans

Dentists are among the latest health professional who will be listed on NHS Choices, the health service’s website which recently celebrated its first birthday. NHS Choices will extend its pages of service providers to include dentists and pharmacists, as well as social care professionals, according to its head of strategic development Bob Gann. ‘Almost 3,000…

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis appear to have a higher prevalence of gum disease than healthy people, according to new research. Scientists examined the oral health of 57 people with rheumatoid arthritis and 52 healthy volunteers and found that arthritis patients were nearly eight times more likely to have periodontal (gum) disease. While some patients’ poor…

Fluoride toothpaste is prohibitively expensive for the world’s poorest people, according to a study published in BioMed Central’s open-access journal Globalization and Health. Researchers revealed that the poorest populations of developing countries have the least access to affordable toothpaste. The team compared the relative affordability of fluoride toothpaste in 48 countries. Globalization has led to…

A dentist has called for planning officers to live ‘in the real world’ after a 99-year-old woman was forced to have her teeth checked in the street. Mary Hedges was unable to get into her dental practice because a disabled ramp or a handrail cannot be installed to help people up the three steps outside…

Health chiefs in Southampton have released shocking new pictures of children’s rotten teeth in a bid to improve the city’s oral health care. In one of the images, the tiny mouth of a three-year-old child is filled with blackened stumps of decaying and diseased teeth. Dentists say distressing sights like these, which highlight the extent…

Dentists and dental care professionals (DCPs) are well placed to identify possible abuse or neglect of children or vulnerable adults – and have a responsibility to raise their concerns if they do, the General Dental Council is saying. All registrants should know who – a local health trust or board, for example – to contact…

A recent study has uncovered a higher incidence of periodontal disease among people with rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers in Berlin, Germany discovered that patients with RA have a higher incidence of periodontal disease compared to healthy controls. For some patients, adverse RA symptoms may affect manual dexterity, which can make one’s daily routine quite difficult. One…

A new dental association has been launched in response to the increasing public demand for teeth whitening. The British Dental Bleaching Society (BDBS), was launched at the World’s Aesthetic Congress on Friday by Linda Greenwall, editor of Aesthetics Dentistry Today and a specialist in prosthodontics and restorative dentistry. Chaired by Ms Greenwall, the BDBS board includes…

UK dentists flocked to the world’s leading and largest aesthetics dentistry event last week – the seventh World Aesthetic Congress (WAC) staged in the heart of Westminster, London. With demand for cosmetic dentistry rocketing, the WAC boasted more than 600 delegates at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. It also provided the launch-pad for a…

In the last issue, we looked at the Dental Defence Union’s Annual Educational Awards, which are due to take place in November. These awards recognise exceptional teachers within the profession and, each year, confirm the Dentist Teacher of the Year, Vocational Teacher of the Year and Dental Care Professional Teacher of the Year. However, how…

I look at about 20 different websites every day. Some of them have been passed to me with a note saying that this website changes the whole concept of site design – others are fad sites that contain some animation of an American political figure being put in a blender. But what is it about…

It’s no secret, that the cosmetic dentistry market is huge and growing. In fact, a recent estimate predicted the value inside the UK to be in excess of £280 million annually! With television programmes such as 10 years younger topping the viewing listings and the impressive coverage given to smile makeovers, this market will just…

Sex Pistols lead singer John Lydon has spent $22,000 on fixing the decaying teeth that inspired his stage name, Johnny Rotten. ‘It wasn’t vanity that sent me to the dentist,’ he has said. ‘All those rotten teeth were seriously beginning to corrupt my system. I was feeling incredibly ill. I was permanently poisoning myself with…

The four dental faculties of the Royal Colleges in England, Edinburgh and Glasgow have got together to provide an e-learning service to dentists in training. The project will encompass dentistry’s general professional training (GPT) foundation curriculum and is funded by the Department of Health. It’s one of several initiatives in different specialties that make up…

Tom Roberts adds the latest entry into his video diary and takes a look at what’s hot in the world of oral health including the Preventive Dentistry Practice of the Year Awards.

We met up with the owner of a small computer hardware company that has established itself as a big mover in the world of dentistry. Here, we ask PRR Computers the secret of their success… If it’s the personal touch you’re looking for when it comes to computer installation, back up and support of your…

The number of patients seeing NHS dentists for treatment has fallen since the new contract of April 2006, new figures confirm today (Thursday). Those who were seen for NHS dental treatment also varies from area to area, according to the latest figures released by The NHS Information Centre. The report – NHS Dental Statistics for…