HPV

Antiviral treatment developed for oral cancer-causing HPVs

A world-first antiviral treatment has been developed for human papillomaviruses (HPVs), which researchers say has ‘significant potential‘. Currently, no antiviral…

Health & research

HPV Awareness Day – understanding HPV in oral health

‘Most people will contract HPV at some point in their lives’: To mark HPV (human papillomavirus) Awareness Day, the Oral…

Dentistry

Calls for parents to approve HPV jab for children

Parents across the UK will soon receive a form to sign enabling their children to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 16 September 2023

It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Dental nurse…

Dentistry

Most patients unaware HPV causes throat cancer, says study

Most patients are unaware of the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and throat cancer, a study says. According to new…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 2 September 2023

It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Hospital dental…

Dentistry

HPV and dentistry: what are the signs and how can you help?

As a common virus which could cause cancer, Neena Nayyar discusses how to spot HPV and why the role of…

Health & research

The future of the mouth cancer message in dentistry

Tripat Mahajan explains how mouth cancer will shape dentistry in the future and what dental professionals can do to protect…

Future of Dentistry

Sexual health and the mouth

Benjamin Tighe breaks down some common sexually transmitted diseases, explains how they transmit and the treatments available. What did your…

Oral health

Oral cancer awareness in general practice

Imogen Fox discusses oral cancer and how to educate and inform patients about risk factors and symptoms. Oral cancer is…

Oral health

Intense oral sex increases risk of mouth and throat cancer

The timing and intensity of oral sex may impact the risk of throat and mouth cancer. This is according to…

Oral health

Mouth Cancer Quality Improvement Tool makes detecting oral cancer easier

Health Education and Improvement Wales is launching its Mouth Cancer Quality Improvement Tool to help dental teams identify oral cancer.…

Dentistry

Mouth cancer diagnosis – be safe not sorry

In support of Mouth Cancer Action Month, Sue N’Jie highlights the dentolegal risks of missing a mouth cancer diagnosis. Mouth…

Dentistry

HPV vaccine available to boys from September this year

Public Health England (PHE) is extending the HPV vaccine to 12 to 13-year-old boys from September this year. HPV causes…

Oral health

BAOMS welcome HPV vaccination study

The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) has praised new study findings from the two-year cancer research study in Scotland that the…

Dentistry

No catch-up HPV vaccine programme for boys, Steve Brine MP says

Steve Brine MP has said there will be no catch-up HPV vaccine programme for boys. In a letter to the…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… NHS dentists to…

Dentistry

Around 3,000 deaths caused by late oral cancer diagnosis

Almost 3,000 deaths from oral cancer last year could have been avoided with early referral and diagnosis. That’s according to the…

Oral health

Oral cancer rates doubled over the last two decades

Mouth cancer cases have more than doubled over the last 20 years, research from the Oral Health Foundation shows. Cases…

Oral health