Posts Tagged ‘dental research’

Million pound programme aims to reduce tooth decay in Wales

Million pound programme aims to reduce tooth decay in Wales

A million pound programme has been launched to try and reduce rates of tooth decay amongst children from underserved areas in South Wales. The three year study will focus on poorer communities; during this period of time, the dental professionals will provide dental care to the region’s poorest children by visiting schools in mobile dental […]


Child tooth decay study launched in Wales

Child tooth decay study launched in Wales

A new three-year health study, aimed to help ward off child dental decay, will be focused on underprivileged areas in south Wales. The launch of the study, reportedly costing one million pounds, comes after recent figures showed a three-fold increase in dental decay in adolescents living in deprived areas in the region, compared to wealthier […]


Students in Fiji win oral health awards

Students in Fiji win oral health awards

Two students at the Fiji National University’s College of Medicine have received grant scholarships from Colgate Palmolive Fiji Limited to assist with investigation into oral healthcare. The travel grants are said to be worth around two thousand three hundred dollars. One of the final-year students receiving the scholarships, Bevu Kaminieli, said his research would be […]


Reptile research reveals secrets of Dental Implants

Reptile research reveals secrets of Dental Implants

A research team, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), will reveal how damage is caused to dental implants by releasing their findings after experiments on reptiles. Moving three-dimensional computer models of the skull and teeth of a New Zealand reptile helped the team to discover how problems can be avoided though […]


Dental sealants may cause levels of BPA to increase

Dental sealants may cause levels of BPA to increase

A new study has found that dental sealants may cause levels of BPA in the body to rise. Dental sealants are used regularly as a preventative measure to protect and strengthen children’s teeth; however, a study has revealed that sealants can also increase the levels of an oestrogen-like substance known as BPA. BPA, also known […]


Links between Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels in men with prostatitis and periodontitis may facilitate early diagnosis and treatment

Links between Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels in men with prostatitis and periodontitis may facilitate early diagnosis and treatment

A recent study by Nabil F. Bassada DDS, MSD of Cleveland Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine published in the Journal of Periodontology titled “Association Between Periodontal Disease and Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels in Chronic Prostatitis Patients” assessed thirty five men with both prostatitis and periodontitis conditions. The study aimed to see if links […]


Havana dentists successfully use stem cells to treat patients with periodontal disease

Havana dentists successfully use stem cells to treat patients with periodontal disease

Dentists in Havana, Cuba, have not only recently succeeded in meeting the goal two years ahead of the deadline set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to improve the state of children’s oral cavity health, but have also announced success in use of stem cells to treat patients with periodontal disease this past week at […]