The British Dental Association (BDA) has called on the Scottish Government to fix the system underpinning NHS dentistry, as new data reveals little sign of a recovery in attendance and ever-widening...
BSPD’s Outstanding Innovation Award (OIA), which celebrates inspiring and innovative schemes to improve the oral health of children, enters its seventh year in 2023. Entries are now invited from...
A new proposal from NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) will see Suffolk County Council invest £1.1 million into new dental care incentives.
The January 2023 bulletin from Ali Sparke and Sara Hurley opened with the writers stating their “support” for NHS contractors who can “deliver up to 110 per cent of their contract value”.
Data released by NHS England has revealed that over 282,000 people were waiting for oral surgery on the NHS at the end of November 2022, an increase of 87.6 per cent since the beginning of the year.
For people living with HIV, gum disease and tooth decay can cause severe problems and may impact the effectiveness of treatments to keep the virus at bay.
Six-year-old Madina Faqirzai has been suffering from black teeth and severe caries due to the inability to find a local dentist.
Wei Jiang, a professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), has focused her research on discerning how cannabis smoking affects oral health and alters...
A new study by researchers at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)’s School of Dentistry has revealed that Alzheimer’s disease may potentially be spread from infected teeth via dental...
The January 2023 update from Ali Sparke, director for dentistry, and Rebecca Harris, deputy chief dental officer, opened by expressing plans to support the “development of skill mix in dentistry”.
Dentists will already know that any activity within the oral cavity can be linked to breathing. Positioning dentists as a key mechanism for identifying conditions such as obtrusive sleep apnea (OSA).