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Britney Spears’ sons appear to have exemplary oral care routines, according to a picture posted by the icon. The Stronger and Gimme More singer has posted a black and white snap of her sons brushing their teeth before bedtime. Britney shared the picture with her 7.5 million Instagram followers on Monday, with the caption ‘Brushy brushy brushy!’ Sean Preston, 10, and…
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The Neem Tree dental group has a story to tell. Sophie Bracken went to the opening of the flagship practice in London’s Fleet Street to hear it. ‘We love the idea of belonging to stories, because life is made up of stories’. Stories are at the very core of The Neem Tree, a dental group…
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ITV is to air Sugar Free Farm, a new three-part TV series that challenges celebrities to go sugar free for two weeks. Turning their backs on the modern food industry, six famous faces will live and work on a country farm in return for their share of healthy, wholesome food. Sugar-free celebrities Embarking on the radical…
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Miranda Kerr has revealed that she practices oil pulling to keep her oral health in check. The actress, who is also a certified health coach, told lifestyle website Refinery29: ‘I just started this new thing where I do oil-pulling with coconut oil, so I put a tablespoon of coconut oil in my mouth, right? ‘Swish it…
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Dentistry and Dentistry.co.uk is to host Dental Politics: The Big Debate, a live thought-provoking discussion centred on current major issues facing the UK dental profession. Taking place in central London on the evening of Tuesday 8 March, the debate will bring together the profession’s top thought leaders to discuss issues such as the value and future of…
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Last year, Dentistry.co.uk conducted a nationwide investigation into dental fee setting. The highly anticipated first results of the Dentistry Fees Survey are now in… During September and October 2015, Dentistry.co.uk embarked upon its most insightful investigation ever into dental procedure fee setting. Sponsored by Practice Plan, the survey intended to capture real insights, trends, similarities…
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A new study has shown that English people have better teeth than their US counterparts. In the study, published in the British Medical Journal, researchers in the UK and the US examined data from English and American dental surveys. The results showed that the average number of missing teeth was 6.97 for English participants, but 7.31…
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David Hasselhoff has sampled some of the quality dentistry recently recognised at this year’s Dentistry Awards. The Hoff took time out from his Christmas pantomime role in Glasgow to visit Dentistry on the Square. The practice was honoured twice at The Dentistry Awards on 27 November, winning Best Practice and Best Patient Care in the Scotland &…
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A dental clinic sponsored by Lenny Kravitz has been raided by police, after it was alleged that it did not possess the appropriate permits to operate. The clinic in Gregory Town on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, was shut down on its final day of operation as a result of alleged ‘illegal operation’. Eyewitnesses stated that…
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Justin Bieber has had a gold tooth fitted. Justin revealed the tooth on Snapchat, with a series of snaps stating: ‘I got big special news coming. I can’t tell you, but I can show you my gold tooth’. The What Do You Mean? singer then took to Instagram to post a picture of the gilded canine.…
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The General Dental Council has been given the go-ahead to make changes to its fitness to practise proceedings, Sophie Bracken reports. An order has been laid before Parliament granting the General Dental Council (GDC) new powers related to its process of investigating fitness to practise (FtP) cases. According to a statement from the GDC, the…
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Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie cannot escape plot-spoiling questions from avid fans of the HBO fantasy series – even when she visits the dentist. Gwendoline, who plays Brienne of Tarth in the hit series Game of Thrones, as well as Captain Phasma in forthcoming film, Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, was questioned by The Late Late…
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Dentistry.co.uk pledges its support for the introduction of a sugar tax, says Sophie Bracken. Regardless of arguments for and against the introduction of a ‘sugar tax’ in the UK, one point remains undisputed: a high-sugar diet is directly linked to tooth decay, and is therefore detrimental to the nation’s oral and general health. Sugary foods…
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CBT could help patients with dental phobia overcome their fear, according to new research from King’s College London. The findings mean that patients with dental phobia undergoing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) – talking therapy intended to help people manage problems by changing thoughts and behaviours – could receive dental treatment without the need to undergo sedation.…
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Chris Eubank’s plans to enter the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! jungle were nearly scuppered due to an emergency visit to the dentist, minutes before entering the camp. The former professional middleweight boxer broke a crown moments before entering the jungle. The emergency appointment reportedly resulted in two hours of production delays to…
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Jamie Oliver and Sustain’s sugar tax petition was debated in Parliament on 30 November, led by MPs Helen Jones and Dr Sarah Wollaston. Helen Jones opened the proceedings by stating that the petition was prompted by ‘a real concern over the rising levels of obesity, particularly among children’, and cited dental decay as ‘the biggest…
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Sophie Bracken caught the Maidstone leg of Practice Plan’s 2015 Workshop Tour. There are many practice management courses and events available for dental professionals looking to hone their business skills and learn new practice growth techniques, but finding a course that is relevant to every member of the practice can be tough. Enter the Practice Plan…
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Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have developed a technology for 3D-printed teeth that can also keep the mouth free from bacteria. Andreas Herrmann and colleagues from the University of Groningen embedded antimicrobial quaternary ammonium salts inside existing dental resin polymers, which are positively charged and therefore disrupt negatively charged bacterial membranes, causing them…
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It’s your last chance to enter dentistry.co.uk’s free prize draw to win an entire year’s free verifiable CPD for 2016. Dentistry.co.uk is offering you the chance to win a whole’s year’s worth of free verifiable CPD, whether your requirement be dental, nurse, hygienist/therapist or technician. To be entered into the prize draw, simply head over to www.dentistry.co.uk/feessurvey…
