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Professor Mike Curtis has been appointed as the next executive dean of the dental institute at King’s College London. Professor Curtis is a distinguished microbiologist with a robust track record of academic leadership, currently serving as dean of dentistry and deputy vice-principal health at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL. Professor…
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More than 250 dentists from across the UK are due to attend the annual gathering of Local Dental Committees (LDCs) in Birmingham over 8-9 June. The conference, which is attended by LDC representatives from across the country, will debate motions on a wide range of issues that have a practical impact on general dental practitioners’ working lives. Those…
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Dental professionals are being urged to bring their communities together during National Smile Month 2017 and be inspired to spread positive oral health messages nationwide. The Oral Health Foundation is encouraging everybody to get involved in the campaign between 15 May and 15 June by organising activities and events that will promote oral health within local communities.…
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New research has found that microthreaded dental implants could preserve crestal bone. The study, published in the Journal of Oral Implantology, investigated how the design of the implant affects the mouth. The researchers from the University of Dammam in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, wanted to find out if using a…
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Professor Rebecca Harris of the University of Liverpool has become the 44th president of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD). In addition to the inauguration, delegates to the Presidential Spring Scientific meeting in Queen’s College, Oxford University witnessed the launch of a contemporary, fresh look to the logo, incorporating the society’s…
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Last year, viewers of the Dentsply Sirona live stream were able to experience first-hand how implant dentists and long-term Cerec user, Dr Gerhard Werling, installed two Dentsply Sirona Xive implants using a Sicat Optiguide surgical guide, from his practice in Bellheim, Germany. The live stream was accompanied by commentary from dentist Dr Frank Zastrow, giving…
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Professor David Moles, professor of oral health services research and director of postgraduate education and research at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, has been appointed deputy editor of the journal Community Dental Health. Community Dental Health publishes scientific articles, reviews, discussion papers, news items, and editorials. It is of interest to dentists working in…
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People with dental phobia are more likely to have active caries or missing teeth, a new study has found. The study, conducted by King’s College London and published in the British Dental Journal, explores the social and demographic correlates of oral health and oral health related quality of life of people with dental phobia compared to…
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In response to research identifying a skills gap between general dental care and specialist treatment, the RCSEd’s Faculty of Dental Surgery is launching a new exam. With the first diet planned to run early in 2018, the RCSEd’s dental faculty believes the membership examination in advanced general dental surgery will support attainment at an advanced…
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Higher blood levels of indolepropionic acid may help to protect against type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. The research team from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio believes the discovery helps increase our understanding of the important part played by gut bacteria in the relationship between diet, metabolism, and health. While it…
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A peptide found in saliva could improve implant integration, according to new research. Researchers wanted to find out if histatin-1 (Hst1) – a histidine-rich human salivary peptide that strongly enhances cell adhesion and spreading – enhanced cell adhesion and spreading on different substrates, including titanium, which is commonly used for implants. After staining human, mouse,…
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A dental student has received an award of £1,000 to undertake a research project to produce a 3D model to grow tumour-like cells to better understand a common type of mouth cancer. Michael Daldry – first-year dental student from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) – received the funding from the Peninsula…
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Face and neck dimensions could predict who is at increased risk of obstructive sleep apnoea, according to a new study. Bahn Agha, an orthodontist and clinical postgraduate researcher at Queen Mary University of London, conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on the relationship between facial and neck dimensions and the presence of obstructive sleep apnoea.…
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National Smile Month hits the UK next month, and the Oral Health Foundation is calling on dental and healthcare professionals to help spread smiles and key oral health messages further than ever before. This year, National Smile Month – the UK’s largest and longest running oral health campaign – takes place between 15 May and 15…
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The Dental Skills Competition to discover the UK’s best undergraduate dentist reached its climax at the grand final in Edinburgh this week. Run by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and Dentsply Sirona, the competition was won by Edward Newton, a 23-year-old University of Birmingham student, after a gruelling series of tests designed to push the finalist’s skills to…
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It’s good news for NHS dentistry, as a new survey reveals that the public is satisfied with its services. The latest National Centre for Social Research’s British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, carried out between July and October 2016, asked a nationally representative sample of nearly 3,000 people about their satisfaction with the NHS overall, and…
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Implant dentists who wish to experience how computer-guided freehand surgery aids more accurate implant placement can attend hands-on introductory courses in 2017. The one-day ‘Dynamic navigation for dental implant treatment’ course is presented by certified Navident master clinical trainer, Dr David Burgess, at his state-of-the-art clinic near St Ives, Cornwall. According to Dr Nick Coley…
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New guidelines setting out the approaches the food industry should take to reduce the net amount of sugar children consume through everyday food have today been published by Public Health England (PHE). It is thought that around 200,000 tonnes of sugar could be removed from UK diets per year by 2020 as a result. The…
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Research has found that a new nanocoating for dental implants inhibits bacterial growth and reduces the formation of bacterial biofilm on the implant surface. In the study, the research team, comprising scientists from the School of Biological Sciences, Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Engineering at the University of Plymouth, created…
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