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Postage Price Increase Will Affect Dental Practices
Dental practices across the UK could be hit hard by a hike in postage prices confirmed by the Royal Mail. A recent announcement confirmed that the price of postage stamps will increase by at least 25% next spring and small businesses, including dental practices, will be affected by the hike. The Royal Mail suffered losses […]
Green Party’s Dental Plans Unlikely To Go Ahead
Australian Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, has hinted that dental plans proposed by the Green Party are unlikely to go ahead. The Green Party has been actively campaigning for the introduction of a universal dental scheme since they agreed to join the coalition government, when Julia Gillard’s party failed to gain a majority vote. However, the […]
MP Criticises Dental Shake-up in Teesside
A local MP has criticised plans for a shake-up in NHS dental services in Teesside. Labour MP for Stockton North, Alex Cunningham, claims that proposals outlined by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will leave some residents at a disadvantage. The trust is planning to centralise dental services in the area and open a specialist […]
Modern Diet Contributing to Dental Problems
Researchers believe that the modern diet may be contributing to dental problems. According to researchers from Kent University, our soft food diet may be causing our jaws to develop differently, meaning that they are smaller, wider and shorter than they used to be. The difference in the size of the jaw in relation to the […]
Dental Costs Fall in Ireland
A recent survey has revealed that health and dental costs in Ireland have fallen. According to the Avantis Global Health and Dental Price Index, health and dental fees have fallen by an average of between 3 and 10 percent over the course of the last six months in Ireland. In some cases, treatment costs fell […]
Champion Jockey Offers Cost Price Care for Colleagues
Cheltenham champion jockey, Sam Waley-Cohen has sealed a deal to provide his fellow jockeys with cost price dental care. Waley-Cohen, who is best known for his victorious Gold Cup ride on Long Run, is also an entrepreneur who owns a string of dental practices and is now offering cost price dental treatment for colleagues after […]
Demand for Cosmetic Dentistry Growing in Australia
Dentists in Australia have experienced a significant increase in the demand for cosmetic dental treatments. Some surgeries have reported an increased in demand of around 60 percent, with middle-aged women the most likely candidates for treatment. Dentists are attributing the boom in cosmetic treatments to the growing popularity of makeover shows such as The Swan […]
Coventry Doctors Planning to Open Dental Surgery
A group of Coventry doctors have stopped advertising as local NHS dentists, as they are planning to open their own dental surgery. Doctors from Cheylesmore Surgery have set up a petition to campaign for permission to open a new dental surgery, which has already gathered 1,400 signatures and has now been submitted to the city […]
Tyneside Children Brush Up on Oral Hygiene
Children in Tyneside have been brushing up on their oral hygiene habits thanks to the South Tyneside oral health promotion team. The oral health team from South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust has visited a number of schools in the area over the last few weeks and rounded off their oral health road-show tour by spending […]
NHS Tayside Raising Awareness of Mouth Cancer
NHS Tayside is supporting Mouth Cancer Action Month by hosting a series of events throughout November. The NHS trust is hoping to raise awareness of mouth cancer by inviting local people to get involved in events and screening sessions. Mouth Cancer Action Month is a national campaign run by the British Dental Health Foundation, which […]
