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A call for the dental profession to consolidate and collaborate in order to provide consistent messages on dental prevention aimed at parents and professionals working with children was made by Stephen Fayle at an event dedicated to the topic of dentistry and oral health. A consultant and honorary senior lecturer in paediatric dentistry, Mr Fayle…
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A new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline has been developed with the aim of improving oral health in care homes. According to government figures more than half of older adults in care homes have tooth decay when compared to 40% of over 75s and 33% of over 85s who do not live…
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The Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP) (UK) has expressed its support for a new standards document on cancer referrals from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Roughly half of all people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and the ‘quality standard’ is designed to help healthcare…
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The British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) has questioned the validity of the newly released General Dental Council (GDC) guidance on duty of candour, interpreting it as a challenge to dental care professionals’ (DCP) professionalism and is calling for the regulator to review the measures. The new guidance, which the GDC has put…
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A new app to help smokers give up cigarettes for good is being launched this week. Using a combination of mindfulness techniques and scientific research, the app – called Lifeboat – offers users inspiring daily sessions and tasks to help them kick the habit, anytime and anywhere. Research conducted by Lifeboat suggests that a quarter…
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A new study has found that pregnant women are likely to have moderate to severe gingivitis and may need regular care to maintain their oral health and help avoid adverse pregnancy outcomes. The study, presented at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) meeting in Seoul, South Korea, also found that gingivitis is relatively stable…
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New research has found that 89% of school children are consuming sports drinks, with 68% drinking them regularly (between once and seven times per week). The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) UK has commented that regular consumption of sports drinks by children, for social reasons, could be having a detrimental effect on their health. The survey…
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A new toothbrushing programme for nursery and school staff is proving a valuable resource for hundreds of education and health organisations across the UK. Brush Time, developed to advise nursery and school staff on how they can help children to brush their teeth properly, has been downloaded by almost five hundred organisations since its launch…
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The winners of the National Smile Month #MySmileySelfie competition have been announced as the staff from: St Clements Dental in London; Smile Dental Practitioners in Leicester; Odds Farm Park in High Wycombe, and TwentyOne Dental in Brighton. The lucky winners of the #MySmileySelfie competition were randomly selected and will receive four tickets to a local…
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A team of oral health experts from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry and the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) has been honoured for its work in the local community as part of National Smile Month. Campaign organisers, the Oral Health Foundation, decided to award the team with the prize due to the tireless work it has done…
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A research team from the Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry has been awarded a grant from the Oral and Dental Research Trust to develop a simple saliva test for gum disease (periodontitis). The team is developing a rapid and reliable saliva test that, in time, may be made available to large numbers of people as an ‘over-the-counter’ product, for…
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A new paper highlights cases of severe chronic mouth pain after dental implant surgery to replace missing teeth. The researchers, from the Dental Institute at King’s College London, say the study is the first to report multiple cases of this rare, but serious, side-effect. The paper aims to raise awareness of possible complications following this…
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A new report from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has found that consuming very hot drinks could raise the risk of esophageal cancer. The report concluded that consuming hot beverages is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’. The researchers found that drinking any beverage at a temperature of 65°C (149°F) or higher may…
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Research conducted by the Oral Health Foundation has uncovered the most likely times we are to brush our teeth. More than 2,000 Brits took part in the poll, which showed on average those who brush twice-daily do so at 7:00am and then again at 9:03pm. Taken as part of the charity’s National Smile Month campaign,…
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A new clinical imaging instrument to aid early mouth cancer diagnosis has been developed by a research group at King’s College London’s Dental Institute. Oral or mouth cancer is where a lesion develops in the lining surface of the tongue, mouth, lips and gums. Diagnosis is difficult, as many other safer conditions can resemble the…
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A healthy smile has been ranked as the physical attribute most likely to attract a new partner, according to new research carried out by leading health charity the Oral Health Foundation. More than two thirds of those polled (69%) ranked it in their top three most attractive attributes, ahead of eyes (64%), face (41%) and body…
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As part of National Smile Month, the Oral Health Foundation has gone on a mission to find out what is most likely to put a smile on the faces of the great British public. The results have revealed that what brings us most happiness does not have to cost us anything at all – from…
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The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) is supporting a call by the British Dental Association (BDA) for tooth decay in children to be tackled with a national programme of prevention. Timed to coincide with the Local Dental Committee conference in Manchester today, the BDA has issued a press release that reveals that more than…
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Dentists attending the Local Dental Committees’ annual conference in Manchester (9-10 June) will call on the government to get to grips with its failure to stem the crisis in child tooth decay. This is in response to the NHS releasing new figures that show that more than 179,000 teeth were removed in children aged nine and under in…
