Posts Tagged ‘oral hygiene’
Dental professionals team up with schools in Northamptonshire
Dental professionals in Northamptonshire are set to join forces with local schools to launch a programme to improve oral health. The dental health team, known as the Smile Squad, will visit more than forty nurseries and schools in the North of the county. The team of professionals will provide educational, informal sessions for children and […]
Foundation donates thousands of dollars to provide dental care for children in Montana
Representatives from The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation have announced a donation of $240,000 to help provide oral healthcare for children in Montana. The announcement was made on the 31st December. The money will be used to provide dental healthcare for Montana children as part of the Get on the Right Track programme. The money […]
Increase in Dental Care Professionals (DCP’s) doing research
Following the General Dental Council’s implementation of compulsory Continued Professional Development (CPD) for Dental Care Professionals (DCP’s) in August 2008, DCP’s are required to update their knowledge and skills for optimal patient care. One third of CPD hours needs to constitute certified verifiable CPD. CPD involves study, courses, lectures, peer review and clinical audit. As […]
Fiji Dental Association calls for price increase on junk food
Representatives from the Fiji Dental Association have called for a price increase on junk food to try and reduce the number of people suffering from dental health problems. Dr Vikash Singh, president of the association, has spoken out after people started to question the price of private dental care. Dr Singh said that dentists had […]
Chewable toothbrush for babies set for Tesco shelves
Brush-Baby LTD, a company based in Winchester, has received an order from a massive supermarket for its chewable toothbrush for babies. The company has received a large order from supermarket giant, Tesco and the chewable toothbrush is now set for store shelves across the country. Company founder and director, Dominique Tillen, said business was really […]
Mobile dental unit hits the roads in New Zealand
A new mobile dental service has been launched in Waikato, New Zealand. The new van hit the roads this week and the first stop was Te Rapa School. The van is the first of nine to be launched in the area as part of the District Health Board’s investment in oral health services for children. […]
Bradford Children’s Centre launches campaign to promote good oral health
Members of staff from a children’s centre in Girlington, near Bradford, have launched a campaign to promote good oral health, after they found that a quarter of the children in their care did not have a dentist. Staff from the St Edmund’s Nursery School and Children’s Centre conducted a survey and were shocked to find […]
Opposition leader calls for better dental care in Queensland
The leader of the opposition in Queensland, John-Paul Langbroek, has called for better oral healthcare in Queensland. Mr Langbroek, a qualified dentist, claims that the government is failing to provide people with acceptable standards of oral healthcare. Langbroek called for the introduction of scheme and initiatives to improve standards of oral health amongst children and […]
Alaska’s dental therapy programme set to expand to other states
The Kellogg Foundation has announced that it will provide funding for dental therapy programmes in other states, following the success of a pilot scheme in Alaska. The foundation will spend 16 million dollars and the programme will be introduced in New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas, Vermont and Washington. The programme provides rural areas with dental therapists, […]
Hartlepool dental worker heads to Uganda
A dental therapist from Hartlepool is heading to Uganda to help provide dental care and education to people in rural villages in the east of the country. Joanne Brown, from Elliott McCarthy Dental Care, is set to leave the UK this weekend to spend two weeks in the villages of Mbale and Kumi. Joanne will […]
