The World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched the ‘Stop the lies’ campaign on November 16, 2023. The initiative aims to protect young people from the tobacco industry by calling for an end...
A University of Kentucky (UK) researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to improve survival rates of patients with a specific type of cancer.
Nicolas Coomber offers advice on how to build rapport.
Every year 1.3m lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, according to a new Cancer Research UK study.
The backbench All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health launched its manifesto for a Smokefree future on November 9, 2023, calling on the government to make Big Tobacco pay to deliver...
Kate Scheer discusses the maintenance of handpieces.
The brief, jointly developed by WHO, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the University of Newcastle, unveils quitting smoking can lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much...
Nicolas Coomber considers the options available for patients who desire aesthetic results.
Hannah Burrow discusses how to keep compliant, even during routine treatment.
Hannah Burrow looks at how to manage the condition in the workplace.
The Dentist talks to Emily Johnston about the current state of dental hygiene.
The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under-18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12 per cent, suggests research published in BMJ Nutrition,...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has said the new evidence on the huge gains made in the fight against tooth decay secured by the sugar levy shows how the government must remain willing to force...
With change at the top of the Department of Health and Social Care, the British Dental Association (BDA) has stressed that real urgency and ambition are required to ensure NHS dentistry has a future.
At the start of Sugar Awareness Week (13–19 November 2023), Professor Paula Waterhouse, BSPD’s president, wrote to the new secretary of state for health and social care to congratulate her on the new...