BSDHT
Latest Stories
The hygienist’s blog – a great initiative, here to stay
With lockdown keeping patients away, Claire Berry introduces the innovative virtual online oral health clinic from the BSDHT and Oral-B.…
Oral health
90 seconds during lockdown with…Amber Ojak
Amber Ojak lets us know what her guilty pleasure is and when she bumped into somebody wearing a Darth Vader…
Oral health
‘Inadequately protected’: BDA calls for better PPE for workers fighting coronavirus
The British Dental Association (BDA) is calling for a joined-up approach towards PPE in a collaborative bid to protect workers…
Dentistry
A healthy word – where should self-employed hygienists and therapists turn?
Despite little help from the government, hygienists and therapists are still doing their bit to help out during the coronavirus…
Oral health
Johnson & Johnson and BSDHT join forces to support dental students
Johnson & Johnson Ltd, the maker of Listerine, is delighted to be the British Society of Dental Hygiene & Therapist’s…
Oral health
The psychology of habits and oral hygiene
Fitting interdental cleaning into patients’ lifestyles is the key to forming good habits, Barry Oulton says. As dental professionals will know, interdental…
Oral health
Fiona Ellwood accepts new appointments
Patron and founder of the SBDN, Fiona Ellwood has been appointed vice chair of British Society of Dental Hygiene and…
Dentistry
BSDHT announces student award winner
The British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) has announced that Anna Seymour has won the National Student of the…
Dentistry
Nestlé reduces sugar in products by 2.6 billion teaspoons
Nestlé UK and Ireland has cut more than 2.6 billion teaspoons of sugar from its products since 2015. It claims…
Oral health
Meal deal promotions could undo sugar tax benefits
Promotions such as meal deals could render the sugar tax meaningless, a new study by The Independent has found. From April the…
Oral health
Coca-Cola points to sugar tax as the reason behind its price rise
Coca-Cola has put up the price of its bottles of Coke by 20p, whilst reducing the size of the bottle…
Oral health
Care homes not providing sufficient oral health support
A new Healthwatch report has found that some care homes are providing insufficient support to access dentists. In the report…
Oral health
Illegal tooth whitening industry driven by single adults
The illegal tooth whitening industry is being driven in the UK by single adults, new research has found. Thousands of…
Aesthetic dentistry
New guidelines hope to improve oral health in care homes
Care home residents’ oral health needs are the focus of a new NICE quality standards guidelines. The guidelines outline the…
Oral health
‘Scandalous’ figures prompt call for better oral health education
The British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) is calling for urgent implementation of better oral health education to help stop…
Oral health
Children’s oral health initiative to return this June
The First Smiles initiative from the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) will be returning this June, bringing oral health…
Oral health
Sugar tax leading to manufacturers dropping sugar content
The Chancellor described the drop in proposed funds from the sugar tax as ‘good news’ in his Spring Budget for 2017.…
Oral health
Screening dental patients for diabetes ‘worthwhile’
Screening dental patients for diabetes would be ‘worthwhile’, a study published in the BMJ has found. The article, titled ‘Periodontitis as…
Oral health
New award launched for dental hygiene and therapy graduates
Newly-qualified dental hygiene and therapy graduates are being called on to enter a new national award. The British Society of…
Oral health