Posts Tagged ‘research’
Thousands of Australians to be offered a free dental check-up for new oral health study
Around 15,000 Australians will be invited to attend a free dental check-up as part of the country’s first major oral health study in over ten years. Thousands of Australians will be selected at random as part of a study, which will take place over the coming 12-24 months. Researchers involved in the study will be […]
New research reveals shockingly high sugar content of breakfast cereals
New research has revealed that some of the nation’s favourite breakfast cereals have a shockingly high sugar content. In some cases, more than third of the ingredients was made up of sugar. The data, which has been published by campaign group, Action on Sugar in partnership with Consensus Action on Salt and Health, named Kellogg’s […]
Chewing Food Key to Prevention of Oral Infections Research Finds
New research has shown that proper chewing of food can improve immunity against different kinds of oral infection. The research team carried out the research at the University of Manchester and were led by Dr Joanne Konkel. The new study was recently published in the journal Immunity. It found that mastication can stimulate the release […]
Researchers Reveal Damaging Implications Of Tooth Loss
Researchers from Newcastle University have called for tooth loss to be taken seriously, after carrying out a study into the consequences of losing the teeth. The team discovered that participants in the study suffered serious, long-term complications as a result of tooth loss, which they compared to the loss of a limb. According to the […]
Study Links Gum Disease To Increased Risk Of Asthma
A new research study has that gum disease could increase the chances of a person having asthma. The findings, which were published in the Journal of Periodontology, reveal that people with gum disease are up to five times more likely to develop asthma than those with good oral health. The UK has some of the […]
Study to Examine the Impact of the Dental Drill on Hearing
The dental drill strikes fear to the heart of most patients but could it also be causing something more than psychological damage to dental professionals themselves? A study is due to be carried out to determine whether the noise created by the dental drill is harmful to dentists’ hearing. Krisztina Bucsi Johnson received a grant […]
