Oral health and mouth cancer

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New sugar tax failing oral health plans

Oral health campaigners are suggesting the Sugar Tax– launching this Friday (6 April) – is failing to go far enough in order to protect the UK's oral...

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Tooth-mounted sensors track what you eat

Engineers have developed miniaturised sensors that can be mounted on a tooth and communicates wirelessly with a mobile device, to reveal our sugar,...

Opinion

Spring has sprung

Well, it should do anytime soon... This season is traditionally considered a time of rebirth and new beginnings.

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Vaping does not stain teeth, study reveals

Teeth exposed to e-cigarettes do nor become discoloured.

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Middle-aged tooth loss linked to heart risk

​Losing two or more teeth in middle age is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk.

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Tooth loss risk for mums

​Having a larger family is linked to a heightened tooth loss risk for mums.

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Non-smokers with oral precancerous lesions at increased risk of cancer

​Precancerous lesions in the mouths of non-smokers are more likely to progress to cancer than those in smokers.

Opinion

Is ‘talking sex’ taboo in the dental chair?

​The way we communicate with each other has been shaped over the years in mores, trends and values as well as the technology that enhances (or...

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Elderly reveal what stops them going to the dentist

Lack of money, ill health, fear and forgetfulness are reasons given by the elderly for not attending the dentist.

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Scots get personal with oral health plans

​The Scottish government​ has revealed new ways to prevent poor oral health, cut oral health inequalities and address the needs of the ageing...

Features

Oral health as a window to wellbeing

Priya Sharma considers diet and general health education in a dental setting

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HPV may lurk in throat

​Human papilloma virus (HPV) may hide in small pockets on the surface of tonsils in people not known to carry the virus.