vaccine

Dental teams ‘second in line’ for COVID-19 vaccine

Dental teams are ‘second in line’ for the COVID-19 vaccine, it has been confirmed.  Dentists and their colleagues – including…

Dentistry

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… ‘Utterly wrongheaded’ –…

Dentistry

COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective, trials suggest

The first COVID-19 vaccine can stop 90% of people getting infected with the virus, according to the manufacturers. Large-scales trials…

Dentistry

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

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

Gender-neutral HPV vaccination needed to stop rapid increase in mouth cancer cases

Ahead of tomorrow’s (4 February) World Cancer Day 2017, the Oral Health Foundation has reiterated its call for the urgent introduction…

Oral health

New periodontal vaccine in development

A vaccine to prevent and treat gum disease has been developed by Australian scientists. Scientists at Melbourne University’s Oral Health…

Oral health