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Unlocking dental confidence in children
Sarah Mack shares her tips for adapting your dentistry to young patients to create dental-confident children and tackle the childhood…
Dentistry
Labour pledges supervised toothbrushing during free breakfast clubs
Dental experts have welcomed the Labour Party’s pledge to implement a supervised toothbrushing scheme during ‘fully funded’ breakfast clubs. In…
Dentistry
MPs call for legal smoking age to be raised to 21
The legal age to buy cigarettes should be raised from 18 to 21 in an aim to deliver a ‘smoke-free…
Dentistry
Brush DJ wins funding to improve oral health education
The Brush DJ app has won funding from the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to help tackle the growing problem of tooth decay…
Dentistry
‘Dire’ child oral health statistics for England
With new figures reinforcing the poor oral health statistics in England amongst children, Michael Watson calls for the Government to…
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Moving oral health higher up the government’s agenda
Oral health would be higher up on the government’s agenda if it knew the financial savings it could make, Seb…
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A call to arms: saving kids’ teeth
Dr Sara Hurley, chief dental officer, has repeated her commitment for a national oral health strategy in the UK, calling…
Oral health
Guide to help parents look after children’s teeth launched
A guide for parents to help them care for their children’s teeth has been launched by the British Society of Paediatric…
Oral health