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Is Christmas the time to rethink alcohol?

7 mins read Patient education
Editor Julie Bissett and London hygienist Anna Middleton consider the implications of the upcoming boozy festive season

Julie Bissett talks about bonding with booze...

Alcohol is the only drug we are actively encouraged to enjoy. In the run-up to Christmas, ad campaigns ramp up their efforts to ensure we’re all ‘merry and bright’ by way of a festive beverage.

Indeed, for the teetotallers among us, we could be forgiven for thinking there is something wrong with us for not partaking in more than a tipple or two at this often over-indulgent time of the year.

However, as healthcare professionals know only too well, with the booze comes a raft of risks to our wellbeing – not least of which are the severe oral health implications.

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