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How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 16 September 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Dental nurse…
Dentistry
Most patients unaware HPV causes throat cancer, says study
Most patients are unaware of the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and throat cancer, a study says. According to new…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 2 September 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Hospital dental…
Dentistry
HPV and dentistry: what are the signs and how can you help?
As a common virus which could cause cancer, Neena Nayyar discusses how to spot HPV and why the role of…
Health & research
The future of the mouth cancer message in dentistry
Tripat Mahajan explains how mouth cancer will shape dentistry in the future and what dental professionals can do to protect…
Future of Dentistry
Sexual health and the mouth
Benjamin Tighe breaks down some common sexually transmitted diseases, explains how they transmit and the treatments available. What did your…
Oral health
Oral cancer awareness in general practice
Imogen Fox discusses oral cancer and how to educate and inform patients about risk factors and symptoms. Oral cancer is…
Oral health
Intense oral sex increases risk of mouth and throat cancer
The timing and intensity of oral sex may impact the risk of throat and mouth cancer. This is according to…
Oral health
Mouth Cancer Quality Improvement Tool makes detecting oral cancer easier
Health Education and Improvement Wales is launching its Mouth Cancer Quality Improvement Tool to help dental teams identify oral cancer.…
Dentistry
Mouth cancer diagnosis – be safe not sorry
In support of Mouth Cancer Action Month, Sue N’Jie highlights the dentolegal risks of missing a mouth cancer diagnosis. Mouth…
Dentistry
HPV vaccine available to boys from September this year
Public Health England (PHE) is extending the HPV vaccine to 12 to 13-year-old boys from September this year. HPV causes…
Oral health
BAOMS welcome HPV vaccination study
The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) has praised new study findings from the two-year cancer research study in Scotland that the…
Dentistry
No catch-up HPV vaccine programme for boys, Steve Brine MP says
Steve Brine MP has said there will be no catch-up HPV vaccine programme for boys. In a letter to the…
Dentistry
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… NHS dentists to…
Dentistry
Around 3,000 deaths caused by late oral cancer diagnosis
Almost 3,000 deaths from oral cancer last year could have been avoided with early referral and diagnosis. That’s according to the…
Oral health
Oral cancer rates doubled over the last two decades
Mouth cancer cases have more than doubled over the last 20 years, research from the Oral Health Foundation shows. Cases…
Oral health
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… GDC warns more…
Dentistry
HPV infection rates lower than expected
HPV infection rates in England are lower than expected, the University of Sheffield has discovered. The study found 2.2% of…
Oral health
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… NHS dentists in…
Dentistry
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