Oral health and mouth cancer

News

New president for Oral Health Foundation

Professor Liz Kay is the new president of the Oral Health Foundation.

News

Plaque-resisting dental material kills microbes

A US team has developed robust material for dental filings that kills decay-causing microbes and resists the formation of plaque.

News

Consuming sugary drinks during pregnancy may increase asthma risk in mid-childhood

​Children between the ages of seven and nine may be at greater risk for developing asthma if they consumed high amounts of fructose in early...

News

Breast cancer risk up to three times higher in women with gum disease

​New research has discovered that women who suffer from gum disease are up to three times more likely to develop breast cancer.

News

Clinical award for former dental nurse

​A dental hygienist working in Edinburgh, who started her career in Melbourne, Australia, has won BioMin’s 2017 Clinical Case Study Award.

Features

The explosive rise of electronic cigarettes

Priya Sharma considers the idiom ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire’ in relation to patients’ oral health

News

Asians at high risk of mouth cancer

A leading doctor has today warned Asians living in the UK of their significantly high risk of developing mouth cancer.

News

Men twice as likely to develop oral cancer

​Men are more than twice as likely as women to develop oral cancer, according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK.

News

Junk food adverts dominate family TV

Six in 10 food adverts during family TV shows, such as The Simpsons, push junk food.

News

Sugar industry withheld evidence of sucrose's health effects nearly 50 years ago

​A US sugar industry trade group appears to have pulled the plug on a study that was producing animal evidence linking sucrose to disease nearly 50...

News

Tributes pour in for dentist who 'changed UK dentistry'

Tributes have been paid to world-leading expert, Emeritus Professor Jimmy Steele CBE, who changed the way that dental services are provided in the UK...

News

Tooth cavities can be fought 'naturally'

​A new discovery may one day lead to natural anti­-cavity products, researchers report.