The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned the Health Committee that policymakers are failing in their duty to consider the role of oral health in the wider health system, as part of its enquiry...
The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP(UK)) welcomes Channel 4’s ‘Sugar Rush’ programme in which Jamie Oliver highlighted the shocking impact of excess sugar in our diets.
A leading UK dental charity has reported an upsurge in calls to its Dental Helpline, for the second consecutive year.
BioEden are teaming up with Precious Cells Group, a London based medtech company whose facilities specialise in enabling the harvesting and banking of stem cells from cord blood and peripheral blood...
The state of oral health can be one of the indicators of dementia.
Dental leaders from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland have warned governments across the UK that continued failure to invest in oral health is unsustainable, as new data from the Health...
A dental story made the majority of the UK's newspaper front pages and appeared on the BBC news yesterday. The headlines trumpet that "you can catch Alzheimer's" (Daily Mirror).
The European Federation of Conservative Dentistry (EFCD) has called for the dental community to increase its focus on erosive tooth wear and declared it a challenge requiring co-operation with other...
A recent survey of dental professionals has found that confidence in future NHS dentistry plans is worryingly low with almost half of respondents having major concerns regarding treatment and...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has strongly criticised sweeping labour law reforms proposed by government.
A report out on September 7 revealed that children’s tooth decay is a postcode lottery. Dental therapists are calling for a health summit to address the crisis.
In August, 25 soldiers from the Royal Army Dental Corps, from both the Regular Army and Reserves, took on the daunting National 3 Peaks Challenge.