Posts Tagged ‘Olympic athletes’

London 2012 Athletes Had Poor Oral Health

London 2012 Athletes Had Poor Oral Health

The BBC recently interviewed Ian Needleman, director of the International Centre for Evidence-Based Oral Health at University College London (UCL), about the oral health condition of London 2012 Olympic athletes. Needleman’s oral health team provided free dental check-ups and sports mouth guards to Olympic athletes during the 2012 Games, using data obtained for research into […]


International Athletes to get Free Dental Care at the Olympics

International Athletes to get Free Dental Care at the Olympics

International athletes will be entitled to free dental care during the Olympic Games, it has been confirmed. Athletes will be invited to attend a new £23 million polyclinic, which has been built in the Olympic Park, to receive dental and eye care free of charge. The 24-hour clinic is to receive funding from the NHS […]