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The hygienist’s blog – introducing ‘oral health optimisation’
This month Claire Berry discusses how to upgrade the ‘scale and polish’ so that patients appreciate the importance of good…
Oral health
Number of patients seeing an NHS dentist drops by 2% in England
Just under 22 million adults in England were seen by an NHS dentist in the previous 24 months, NHS Digital figures…
Dentistry
Fresh calls for NHS dental budget reform
The NHS dental budget would be better spent elsewhere than on routine scaling and polishing of teeth. That’s according to a…
Dentistry
Half of adults in the UK visiting an NHS dentist
Half (50.7%) of adults in England saw an NHS dentist in the last two years, NHS Digital statistics show. The…
Dentistry