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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… GDC warns more…
Dentistry
HPV infection rates lower than expected
HPV infection rates in England are lower than expected, the University of Sheffield has discovered. The study found 2.2% of…
Oral health
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 in…
Dentistry
HPV vaccine will be offered to boys in England
The HPV vaccine will now be given to boys aged 12 to 13 in England, the Government has announced. Until…
Dentistry
HPV vaccine to be extended to boys, JCVI recommends
UK Government advisers have recommended extending funding for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to boys. The HPV vaccine is currently offered to…
Oral health
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… HPV vaccine to…
Dentistry
HPV vaccine to be extended to boys
The HPV vaccine will be extended to all teenage boys and girls, to help protect them against deadly cancers. Since…
Dentistry
Dental associations jointly call for HPV vaccination
Dental associations have jointly written to the Government calling for the HPV vaccine to be extended to girls and boys. The British…
Dentistry
Some non-smokers could be twice as likely to develop oral cancer than smokers
Non-smokers with precancerous lesions are twice as likely to develop oral cancer than smokers, new research has shown. In some cases the…
Oral health
JCVI using flawed evidence to reject HPV vaccinations
The BDA has accused the JCVI of using flawed modelling as a basis to reject HPV vaccinations in all children.…
Dentistry
HPV vaccination failure condemned across dental profession
The JCVI has today refused to extend the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine to all boys. The decision, which has been…
Oral health
Dentists and GPs back calls for HPV vaccinations
Dentists and GPs are backing calls to make the HPV vaccination available to all school-aged children. That’s according to a…
Dentistry
HPV Action seeking the dental profession’s thoughts on HPV vaccinations
HPV Action is looking for dental professionals to take part in a survey giving their views on HPV vaccinations. The current…
Dentistry
Gender-neutral HPV vaccination needed to stop rapid increase in mouth cancer cases
Ahead of tomorrow’s (4 February) World Cancer Day 2017, the Oral Health Foundation has reiterated its call for the urgent introduction…
Oral health
Majority of Brits unaware of a leading mouth cancer cause
Four out of five Brits (81%) are unaware that human papillomavirus (HPV) is a leading cause of mouth cancer, according…
Oral health
Health minister backs HPV vaccination
A health minister has hinted that she backs giving all boys the HPV vaccine to cut rising rates of mouth…
Dentistry
Dental profession supports calls for HPV vaccinations
HPV vaccinations should be made available to adolescent boys as well as girls, the HPV Action coalition has said. The HPV…
Dentistry
The Scottish government needs to take ‘action on oral cancer’
Dentists are calling on the Scottish government to confront the rise in oral cancer in Scotland. The British Dental Association…
Dentistry
Oral cancer now the 10th most common cancer in men
Oral cancer has now been declared the 10th most common cancer detected in men, according to new figures. The figures,…
Dentistry
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