Posts Tagged ‘low social economic status’
New dental programme launches in Prescott, Ontario
A new dental programme has launched in Prescott, Ontario. The Healthy Smiles programme was launched in Ontario last October and the scheme has now reached Prescott. The scheme is designed to help children under the age of 18 from poor backgrounds. The programme is being delivered by 36 public health units across the province; eligible […]
Social background can impact on mouth cancer risk
A senior lecturer from the University of Glasgow has revealed that an individual’s social background can impact on their risk of developing oral cancer. Dr David Conway claimed that people with a ‘low social economic status’ were more likely to develop the disease than those with a high economic status. Dr Conway was speaking at […]
