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School Children to Get Mobile Dentist Visit
As part of a scheme to improve the state of youngsters’ teeth, deprived areas are set to get a visit from a mobile dental unit. Initially, the mobile unit will base itself at three schools in order to check the state of the childrens teeth and gums, this is hoped to improve the dental record […]
English Town That Refuses to Visit the Dentist
Nearly half of the population of the London Borough town Croydon has failed to visit the dentist in the past two years. These staggering figures show that an estimated 125,000 adults and 25,000 children in the borough have not had so much as a check up in all that time. The credit crunch has been […]
President Obama′s British Mother Supports the NHS
The mother of US President Barack Obama, Kezia Obama, has praised the British Nation Health Service and claims it saved her life. These revelations come as President Obama plans to change the US Health Service and revealed to introduce a similar service to that of Britain, where treatment for medical problem including dentistry, is publicly […]
Mum Invents Timer to Improve Children′s Oral Health
A two in one timer had been designed to help with children’s oral and hand hygiene by a Mother of two in Berkshire. Rachel Stephens came up with the idea for a Wash & Brush Timer struggling to get her own children to spend longer cleaning teeth and washing hands. Rachel, Marketing and PR expert, […]
Tobacco also Adds to Oral Cancer Rise
Following the Cancer Research study that highlighted alcohol as the main contender in the rise of oral cancers, tobacco has now been highlighted as a dangerous culprit. People that chew tobacco are at higher risk of getting oral cancer as the popularity of chewing tobacco rises, research has suggested. Tobacco chewing, which is popular with […]
Dental Showcase Goes Online with Twitter
The BDTA Dental Showcase has joined in the growing phenomenon of internet social networking with regular news snippet on the internet site Twitter. BDTA Dental Showcase has joined in on the action that a long list of celebrities, who are sharing snippets of their lives, by updating their page with regular news. The online updates […]
Thousands More Get Access to Dentists
Twenty-Thousand more people will have access to an NHS dentist in Stoke-on-Trent after the expansion of a surgery and the building of two others. They will be in the Stoke and Trent Vale area as it is these communities that have the greatest need for dental services. Eight new dentists are set to work from […]
A newly Developed Anaesthetic Could End Dentist Fears
A needleless anaesthetic mist has been developed and could put an end to millions of petrified patient’s fears of the dentist chair. Clinical trials are expected to begin very soon on the anaesthesia that will numb the patient’s mouth without the use of the much feared painful needle injection. Reports suggest that over 145 million […]
New Contract Encourages Visits to the Dentist too Often
The contract offered to dentist y the NHS encourages dentist professionals to see patients too often. A consumer health care body has claimed that the contract that dentist have agreed to sign suggests that dentists should treat patients more regularly, striking yet more waiting list fears. The Patents Association has stated that the contract does […]
Alcohol to Blame for Rise in Oral Cancer
Experts have called for a reduction in the consumption of alcohol as figures show a rise in mouth cancer sufferers. The results have highlighted alcohol as the cause of the rise in oral cancers and believe that a reduction in alcohol consumption will help stem the amount of mouth cancer sufferers. Cancer Research UK revealed […]
