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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… We are launching…
Dentistry
British Fluoridation Society gathering momentum
Two high profile and highly experienced advocates for community water fluoridation are now joining the British Fluoridation Society. Alan Johnson,…
Oral health
Complaint made to GDC against CDO Sara Hurley’s title
A dentist has filed a complaint against CDO Sara Hurley for referring to herself as a ‘professor’. In a letter…
Dentistry
NHS England throws its support behind water fluoridation movement
NHS England is signalling strongly for community water fluoridation. It believes this is the optimum intervention to improve the oral…
Oral health
MPs urge dentists to back move for water fluoridation
Jo Churchill MP called on dentists and dental professionals to back water fluoridation at the inaugural Conservative Dentists meeting last…
Oral health
Water fluoridation championed in Parliament
A House of Commons debate recently included water fluoridation. Michael Watson reports back from the debate. Fluoridation is by far…
Oral health
Charity launches mouth cancer campaign
Campaigners and supporters joined The Oral Health Foundation at the Houses of Parliament yesterday as they launched this year’s Mouth Cancer…
Dentistry
Oral health of older people
Michael Watson reports on the recent Government debate on the oral health of elderly people. Away from the endless debates and…
Blog
NHS needs to take action on oral cancer
If the NHS really wants to tackle oral cancer, it needs to decisive action, Michael Watson says. November is the Oral…
Blog
Wake-up call for MPs on childrens’ oral health
Michael Watson reports on the Westminster debate last week about childrens’ oral health. MPs received a wake-up call on the…
Blog
Health minister backs HPV vaccination
A health minister has hinted that she backs giving all boys the HPV vaccine to cut rising rates of mouth…
Dentistry
How did Alistair Burt’s speech go at the BDA Conference?
Alistair Burt’s speech represents a new strategic approach to tackle oral health issues, Michael Watson says. When I arrived in Manchester, I…
Dentistry
Eighteen successful tooth whitening convictions in the past 12 months
There were 18 successful convictions for dangerous teeth whitening in a 12-month period, official figures show. Spas and salons were…
Aesthetic dentistry
Health Minister backs water fluoridation
The Health Minister responsible for dentistry has backed mass fluoridation of tap water to cut tooth decay – but warned…
Dentistry
Child tooth decay crisis discussed by MPs and Ministers
MPs and Ministers discussed Britain’s child tooth decay crisis and ways to tackle the epidemic. The debate on 3 February…
Dentistry
More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer test positive for HPV
More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer who had a human papilloma virus (HPV) test gave a positive result,…
Dentistry
Cameron values dentistry
David Cameron has warned that Parliament will lose vital knowledge of dentistry if MPs are banned from having second jobs.…
Dentistry
Minister reacts to vCJD ‘inaction’ calls
There is not enough evidence that proposed measures to protect patients from contracting the human form of ‘mad cow disease’…
Dentistry
Delay on HPV decision
A senior MP has attacked a long delay before a decision on whether to give boys a vaccine to cut…
Oral health