Poorer oral health ‘disproportionately affects’ elderly and deprived
Public Health England has published its National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England, the oral health survey of adults attending general dental practices in 2018.
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UDC hub experience
COVID-19: Feedback wanted from dental nurses on UDC hub experience
A team at the University of Plymouth is conducting a research study aiming to ...
Excessive sugar and fat
Excessive sugar intake linked with unhealthy fat deposits
A new study reveals the high risk link between sugar and larger fat deposits ...
Tips for PPE in heatwave
Dental nurses warned to follow advice about PPE during heatwave
With temperatures soaring, dental nurses are advised to take note of government ...
Maths key to quitting tobacco
Smokers good at maths are more likely to want to quit
Smokers who are better at maths are more likely than others to say they will ...
Elite athletes and oral health
Simple oral health steps help improve elite athletes' performance
Elite athletes who adopted simple oral health measures reported significantly ...
Working with a dental nurse
Working with a dental nurse in the 'new normal'
As we all return to work and embrace what are all calling the 'new normal’ I ...
COVID-19 – a dental nurse
COVID-19 – a dental nurse’s journey
Adriana Anastasio, senior dental nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, ...
Webinar on kids' oral health
Free webinar to focus on 'time bomb' of children's oral health
A free webinar will bring together key stakeholders to discuss the effects of ...
Children call the shots for a new dental video
Children in new dental video
A team at the University of Sheffield dental school, led by Academic Clinical Fellow Laura Timms, is preparing to make an information video aimed at children aged 3-10.
PPE and training are key to COVID-19 prevention for health care workers
PPE and training are key
A new study underlines importance of adequate PPE and training for frontline health professionals to prevent COVID-19 infection.
TePe makes UK’s Best Workplaces 2020 list
TePe makes UK’s Best Workplace
TePe UK has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces 2020 by Great Place To Work.
Millennials brush up better than most: under-35s are spending on average £750 a year on dentistry
Under-35s dental spend
Millennials outstrip other generations when it comes to splashing out on their smiles.
My role as a volunteer fit tester
My role as a volunteer
Two weeks into lockdown, dental nurse Rebecca Silver found herself fitting FFP3 respirators to frontline workers. Here, she talks us through the process with Tarik Shembesh
Pink hair dye and Instagram filters – a fun campaign with a serious dental message
Pink hair dye and Instagram
A group of dental hygienists and therapists are calling on people to change their appearance using hair dye and Instagram filters and share their new look across social media to raise money for the Oral Health Foundation.
12 million Brits move to electric toothbrushes
12m Brits and electric brushes
There are more Brits using an electric toothbrush than a manual one for the first time ever.
Brits back calls to extend sugar tax
Brits back calls to sugar tax
Most Brits are in favour of extending the sugar tax.
One in eight children suffer from nightmares about their teeth
Teeth nightmares
Almost one-in-eight (12%) children have woken up from a nightmare about their oral health, according to the findings of a new study.
Great Danes! Denmark top of the list for oral health
Denmark top of the list
A new European study has been published that examines tooth decay, sugar consumption, as well as state-funded measures, such as the number of dental schools and dentists, in 26 countries.
A few months of vaping puts healthy people on the brink of oral disease
Vaping and oral disease
Scientists who've taken the first look at bacteria in young and healthy vapers' mouths say that the potential for future disease lies just below the surface.
