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What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Cornwall patients waiting…
Dentistry
Designed to Smile celebrates 10 years improving children’s oral health
Designed to Smile, the Welsh oral health scheme aimed at improving children’s oral health, is celebrating its 10th birthday. Since its…
Oral health
Almost six in 10 children didn’t see an NHS dentist last year
Almost six in 10 (57.7%) children between one and four years old didn’t visit an NHS dentist last year. That’s…
Dentistry
Tooth decay rates amongst children seeing a steady decline
Tooth decay levels in five-year-old children are seeing a steady decline, Public Health England (PHE) claims. The latest figures from the Child…
Oral health
Some good news at last
The launch of the Dental Check by One programme is at last some good news for dentistry, Michael Watson says.…
Blog
Tooth decay number one reason children visit hospitals in Wales
Tooth decay is the number one reason children attend hospitals in Wales, a new study has shown. The study has found…
Dentistry
Child tooth decay in Wales drops
Child tooth decay in Wales has fallen, with the proportion of children experiencing tooth decay now standing at 34.2%. This is…
Oral health
Designed to Smile programme targets under fives
Designed to Smile, the oral health prevention programme set up by the Welsh government to tackle tooth decay rates of…
Oral health
Concerns over the future of the Designed to Smile programme raised
The future of the Designed to Smile programme, the oral health improvement programme in Wales, has been called into question.…
Dentistry
Proceeds from the sugar tax should be reinvested in preventive dental care
Dentists are calling on the Welsh government to use proceeds from the sugar tax to invest in preventive care. The…
Dentistry