Posts Tagged ‘Oral Health’

China launches national dental care day

China launches national dental care day

The national day of dental care in China will be used to launch a campaign to promote good oral health amongst children. Today will mark the beginning of this year’s campaign, which will focus on protecting children’s teeth and gums. Standards of oral health are poor amongst young children in China; statistics show that 66 […]


Kissdental treating an increasing number of nervous patients

Kissdental treating an increasing number of nervous patients

Dentists from Kissdental have reported an increase in the number of nervous patients in recent months. Dental anxiety is very common, affecting most people to some degree; many people suffer mild anxiety when faced with a trip to the dentist but others are affected much more severely and their anxiety can prevent them from going […]


Australian government announces policies to improve oral health

Australian government announces policies to improve oral health

The new Australian government has announced that new measures will be introduced to improve access to dental services across the country. Julia Gillard has announced possible new strategies to raise standards of oral health across the nation. Oral health has become a key policy, as the Labour party were forced to agree to radical new […]


New dental programme targets underprivileged young people

New dental programme targets underprivileged young people

A new dental programme is set to be introduced in Ottawa. The programme will target adolescents and younger children from low income families in a bid to improve standards of oral health and reduce the cost of dental care in the future. Ottawa Public Health announced that it has earmarked two million dollars for the […]


Standards of oral health improving in New Zealand

Standards of oral health improving in New Zealand

The New Zealand government has announced that recent figures have confirmed that standards of oral health amongst children have improved considerably over the course of the last two years. Health Minister Peter Dunne, in charge of oral health, said that there had been an 18 percent increase in the number of pre-school youngsters registered with […]


Santa Barbara dentist continues humanitarian mission in Afghanistan

Santa Barbara dentist continues humanitarian mission in Afghanistan

A dentist from Santa Barbara has pledged to continue his humanitarian mission in Afghanistan, despite significant risks to his safety. Jim Rolfe, a retired dentist, travelled to Afghanistan with the sole aim of providing dental care for people in need. Standards of oral health in Afghanistan are notoriously poor and people die from infections which […]


Gastonia to host Missions of Mercy

Gastonia to host Missions of Mercy

The town of Gastonia, North Carolina will be the site of a “Missions of Mercy” initiative next week, aiming to help hundreds of patients with free dental care. Free dental services will be made available next week, on Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th, for all those in desperate need to have their teeth […]


Dental health study conducted in Wyoming

Dental health study conducted in Wyoming

The first study into dental health in Wyoming in twenty years has been conducted by the State Health Department. The study, which was funded by the state, was released on Tuesday and found that the majority of children do not have access to fluoridated water. Fluoride is added to the water supply in many countries […]


Survey reveals poor dentist attendance in Ireland

Survey reveals poor dentist attendance in Ireland

A new survey carried out by the dental chain Redmond Molley has revealed that around one in three people in Ireland rarely go to the dentist. The recent survey found that twenty percent of people in the country went to dentist “very rarely,” while a further ten percent fully admitted that they didn’t visit the […]


Poverty linked to poor dental health in children

Poverty linked to poor dental health in children

The British Dental Journal has published an article that reveals the state of dental health of children in Glasgow. The investigation, which was carried out between 2006 and 2008 and assessed the dental health of four thousand three-year-olds in the Greater Glasgow area, showed that the poorer children in the city suffered from more dental […]