Posts Tagged ‘Tooth decay’
Welsh schoolchildren celebrate oral health
Schoolchildren across Wales are taking part in events and activities to celebrate the launch of a new national campaign to reduce the rate of tooth decay amongst children. The Designed To Smile campaign has been launched to teach children about oral hygiene and dental health with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of children […]
Parents urged to keep an eye on children’s oral health
Parents are being urged to take good care of their children’s teeth in a bid to instil good oral hygiene habits and improve standards of oral health amongst young children. The Canadian Health Measures Survey found that more than 2 million school days are lost each year in Canada due to dental health problems. In […]
Bangalore dentists encourage parents to look after their children’s teeth
Dentists working in Bangalore have appealed to parents to take care of their children’s teeth. Dentists are worried about standards of oral health amongst the city’s children, as a large proportion of children have untreated dental decay and gum problems. Despite numerous warnings and campaigns, dentists feel that the message is not getting through to […]
Report suggests children are not visiting the dentist regularly
A report has revealed that almost half of school-aged children in West Virginia do not see a dentist on a regular basis. The statistics, which were published by the Center for Rural Health, also showed that 43 percent of children had untreated decay. The report reflects findings across the USA, with an increasing number of […]
Santa Barbara dentist continues humanitarian mission in Afghanistan
A dentist from Santa Barbara has pledged to continue his humanitarian mission in Afghanistan, despite significant risks to his safety. Jim Rolfe, a retired dentist, travelled to Afghanistan with the sole aim of providing dental care for people in need. Standards of oral health in Afghanistan are notoriously poor and people die from infections which […]
Trapped Chilean miners require dental treatment
Drilling to release trapped miners in Chile has resumed after it was revealed that some of the miner were suffering from dental health problems. Drilling to set the miners free started on Monday but was temporarily suspended after one of the shaft walls was found to be unstable. Drilling was then resumed on Wednesday after […]
Dental health study conducted in Wyoming
The first study into dental health in Wyoming in twenty years has been conducted by the State Health Department. The study, which was funded by the state, was released on Tuesday and found that the majority of children do not have access to fluoridated water. Fluoride is added to the water supply in many countries […]
Poverty linked to poor dental health in children
The British Dental Journal has published an article that reveals the state of dental health of children in Glasgow. The investigation, which was carried out between 2006 and 2008 and assessed the dental health of four thousand three-year-olds in the Greater Glasgow area, showed that the poorer children in the city suffered from more dental […]
Hispanic children more likely to have tooth decay
A report has revealed that Hispanic children in Utah are twice as likely to suffer from tooth decay as non-Hispanic children. Figures relating to tooth decay amongst children in the state were published in the Hispanic Dental Association’s Fast Facts on Hispanic Oral Health. Salt Lake City dentist, Eric Anderson said that poor oral hygiene […]
Tesco to launch dental surgery in Scottish store
UK supermarket chain Tesco is attempting to become the first supermarket in Scotland to provide shoppers with dental treatment in their stores. The supermarket giant is hoping to open a dental surgery in its store at Silverburn shopping centre, Pollok. The company has already sent in a planing application to the Glasgow City Council to […]
