Archive for the ‘Oral health’ Category
Stoke Dental Team Celebrating After Winning National Award
The team at Shelton Dental Care on Stoke Road in Stoke-on-Trent is celebrating after receiving a Good Practice Scheme award from the British Dental Association. The award is given to practices that show commitment to excellent standards of patient care and display good management. The practice is one of Stoke’s largest surgeries, with 30,000 dental […]
Oral Bacteria able to Mimic the Body’s Natural Proteins to Cause Heart Disease
Further research has been conducted concerning the effect of dental plaque in relation to heart problems, such as endocarditis. It is already known that there is a direct link between oral bacteria and heart diseases, but researchers at the University of Bristol and the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, have studied the problem in minute […]
Dental Funding Needed for Dentaid Ugandan Mission
Dentaid, the dental charity, is heading over to Uganda, to fund a team of local dentists, to enable them to travel around the country to treat dental emergencies and to educate people on a number of dental health topics. Some of the subjects the team hope to address include: Education about all aspects of dental […]
Should Dentists Ask about Patients’ Alcohol Consumption?
Dentists writing for the Royal College of Surgeons Dental Journal feel that dentists should also play a role in spotting the signs of excessive alcohol consumption and recommending lifestyle changes for patients who show signs of above average drinking. The dental writing team felt that handing out questionnaires before consultations and then providing a thorough […]
Grimsby A&E Staff Urge Patients to Think Before Visting
Accident and Emergency staff in Grimsby have encouraged patients to think carefully before visiting the department following a host of inappropriate reasons for seeking treatment, including dental pain, earache and a sore throat. Bank holidays are notoriously busy for emergency departments and staff are eager for patients to think about their options with two bank […]
Llanelli Dental Patients Facing a Lengthy Trip for Treatment
Dental patients in Llanelli are facing a lengthy round trip for treatment following the closure of Pencastell Orthodontics in Murray Street. The service has moved to Carmarthen, leaving more than 1,000 patients from Llanelli and Burry Port with a 24 mile trip for orthodontic treatment. The closure comes after plans to close the accident and […]
NHS Gloucestershire Apologises After Giving Out the Wrong Dental Helpline Number
NHS Gloucestershire has apologised after giving out the wrong telephone number to dental patients wishing to find out about services in the county. Yesterday The Citizen published an article revealing that the number of patients visiting the dentist in Gloucestershire had fallen and the trust had missed its target for new patient registrations. NHS Gloucestershire […]
NHS Nottingham City to Host Mobile Dental Unit Open Day
NHS Nottingham City is inviting local people to attend an open day and provide feedback on the mobile dental service. The service is currently available between 10am and 6pm on Mondays and from 8am until 4pm on Tuesdays, with the unit based at the Elohim Development Academy at Wells Road Community Centre. The open day […]
Significant Decrease in Dental Visits in Gloucestershire
Recent figures show a major fall in dental visits in Gloucestershire. The latest figures show that NHS Gloucestershire failed to reach its target of getting 342,000 people to register with a dentist over the course of the last two years, with research showing that only 267,830 new patients saw a dentist in the region. Dentists […]
Funding Boost for NHS Dental Services in Northamptonshire
NHS dental services in Northamptonshire have been given a funding boost, after Central Government confirmed a cash injection of £1 million to improve access to NHS care. The extra funding will allow more than 6,000 people to register with an NHS dental practice close to their home. The cash boost is part of an initiative […]
