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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… Tony Kilcoyne discusses…
Dentistry
Water fluoridation from the frontline
Greg Fell, director of public health for Sheffield, encourages the dental profession to advocate for water fluoridation. Oral health promotion…
Oral health
‘The science is clear cut’ – dentist speaks out in favour of water fluoridation in Scotland
A dentist has dubbed it ‘baffling’ that water fluoridation is yet to take hold in Scotland. Robert Donald, chair of…
Dentistry Scotland
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 practices should…
Dentistry
New plans for water fluoridation – reaction from the profession
Calls are being made for better investment to support the government’s latest water fluoridation plans. In a new white paper,…
Oral health
Health secretary to take control of water fluoridation schemes
Power over water fluoridation will be taken away from local councils and handed to central government under new plans. In…
Oral health
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 practices ‘hung…
Dentistry
Water fluoridation ‘essential’ to improve children’s oral health during pandemic
Water fluoridation and a collaborated healthcare approach is key to tackling child oral health in the face of COVID-19. This…
Oral health
British Fluoridation Society: plans and predictions in a post-COVID world
The British Fluoridation Society discusses the future of water fluoridation in light of COVID-19 and the abolition of PHE. How…
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
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
Fresh calls for water fluoridation in the UK
Fresh calls are being made for water fluoridation in the UK after new research shows it has no negative effects.…
Oral health
Water fluoridation an ‘effective and safe’ measure
Water fluoridation is an effective and safe public measure, Public Health England has found in its latest report. Public Health…
Oral health
Could this be the time for water fluoridation in Hull?
With water fluoridation currently being discussed in Westminster, Michael Watson wonders whether the campaign for Hull might have a different ending…
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Water fluoridation decisions can now be made at local level
An online toolkit from Public Health England (PHE) will now allow local authorities to choose to implement water fluoridation. Available…
Dentistry