Ingrid Perry, Secretary and Trustee of the award-winning children’s dental health charity Teeth Team, is to be awarded an MBE for ‘Services to Education and Improvement of Dental Health in Young People’ in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Dental students will soon have access to a new 3D visual learning tool thanks to a tech-savvy former dental nurse.
The decision to offer boys a vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), announced today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has been hailed by the Oral Health Foundation as a decision that will save thousands of lives every year.
A new study suggests just four weeks of a healthy diet can significantly reduce gingivitis.
A new study demonstrates increased levels of gum disease and disease-causing bacteria in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
Children in England have consumed more than a year’s worth of sugar in less than six months, according to figures from Public Health England (PHE).
A new study suggests children in the US begin consuming added sugar at a very young age and that many toddlers’ sugar intake exceeds the maximum amount recommended for adults.
Researchers have developed a sensor that detects tiny amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas, the compound responsible for bad breath.
A new investigation by the Oral Health Foundation suggests celebrity endorsements are likely to have little effect on our buying habits when it comes to oral health products – with brand power a key selling point.
Scientists suggest evidence found in baby teeth can be used to predict who might develop autism.
New evidence shows that having an effective, in-house complaints process in place and displayed in the practice can help to avoid complaints from escalating into claims and prevent a complaint being made directly to the General Dental Council (GDC).
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) and the Society of British Dental Nurses (SBDN) have joined other dental professional associations in written support of the call for a gender-neutral approach to HPV vaccination.
New research shows that the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be improved by using the song 'La Macarena' or a smartphone app as mental memory aids.
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such as dental enamel and bone.
Could you be the schülke Infection Prevention & Control Team of 2018? We hear from Joanne Kear, practice manager of last year’s winners, Milne, Spencer & Harris Dental Practice
