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Just 3% of sugar cut from food products in three years, PHE report finds
Retailers and manufacturer branded products reduced sugar content by only 3% since 2017, sparking worries over the country’s health. This…
Oral health
The importance of managing oral health during the COVID-19 pandemic
With COVID-19 limiting clinicians’ interaction with patients, Rohini Bansal lists the advice she’s giving to her patients so they can…
Oral health
Why we must prioritise the dental health of pregnant mothers now more than ever
Dr Mike Heffernan explains the dental health challenges connected to pregnancy and how best to help your patients overcome them…
Dentistry
Dental practitioners rank highest for mental health issues
Dental practitioners are the highest-ranking occupation when it comes to mental health struggles, new data reveals. On a list assessing…
Dentistry
How did COVID-19 affect you? – Philip Lewis
Philip Lewis explains the impact the COVID lockdown is having on mouth cancer and why it’s essential patients return to…
Oral health
What’s life like at dental school following lockdown? – a student’s perspective
With dental students returning to university, we speak to Gursahib Sohal about what life is like following the COVID-19 lockdown.…
Young Dentist
How did COVID-19 affect you? – Mike Lewis
Today we hear from Professor Mike Lewis about the impact COVID-19 is having on the detection of mouth cancer and…
Oral health
FGDP(UK) launches a fallow time calculator for dental practices
‘A benchmark of 15 to 30 minutes’ – this is the new fallow time recommendation endorsed by the Faculty of…
Dentistry
COVID-19: missed dental appointments hits 14 million in England
The number of missed dental appointments in England has reached 14 million as a result of COVID-19. This is according…
Dentistry
A healthy word – safe use of aerosols
Although there’s no way of completely removing dental aerosols, Anna Middleton gives her three tips to reduce them so the…
Oral health
How did COVID-19 affect you? – Gina Vega
In the first of a series of videos, we hear how the dental profession is getting back to the practice.…
Orthodontics
Dental news you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dental teams should…
Dentistry
How has COVID-19 affected dental provision for the homeless?
Robert Witton discusses the impact of COVID-19 on dental provision for vulnerable groups. The COVID crisis has hit dentistry hard.…
Oral health
COVID-19 – most dentists unable to provide ‘full service’ this year
Three quarters of dentists report they will not provide a full service this year or do not know when they…
Dentistry
Calls for NHS England to set out next steps for dental services
A parliamentary committee is calling on NHS England to set out the next steps to secure sustainable and efficient dental…
Dentistry
COVID-19: calls for sustainable solution to PPE within dentistry
Experts are calling for a sustainable solution to PPE in dentistry as the profession responds to the COVID-19 crisis. In…
Dentistry
NHS dental practices to get free PPE under new government plan
Dental practices will have access to free PPE as part of the UK government’s new second wave strategy. In its…
Dentistry
Dental teams should receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccine
Health and social care workers should be granted priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine when available in the UK. This…
Dentistry
Supporting dental colleagues with long-haul COVID symptoms
Rumana Husein explains what it was like to catch COVID, dealing with the long-tail and how she set up a…
Oral health