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Health experts call on parents to make sure their children receive life-saving HPV vaccination

The Oral Health Foundation and Portman-Dentex are urging parents to make sure their children receive a vaccination that could save their lives by preventing a range of deadly cancers, including mouth...

£70m allocated to stop smoking services

Following King Charles III’s speech at the opening of Parliament, the government has announced a package of funding to support stop smoking services. The announcement follows the launch of a...

Cornish non-profit organisation publishes its 2022/23 impact report

Smile Together is proud to officially publish its 2022/2023 Social and Environmental Impact Report entitled: ‘A force for good in a changing landscape’.

Oral cancer rate in Wales is increasing every year

The incidence rate for mouth cancer in Wales has been steadily rising since 2002, a new report has outlined.  

Study shows that smoking ‘stops’ cancer-fighting proteins

Scientists at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) have uncovered one way tobacco smoking causes cancer and makes it harder to treat by undermining the body’s anti-cancer safeguards.

Mouth cancer awareness: how can you help your patients?

Katie Caines, a dental nurse from Grants House Dental Practise in Frome, has taken part in Mouth Cancer Action Month every year with the Oral Health Foundation, helping to raise awareness of mouth...

Kings’ speech 2023: 21 bills for legislative reform announced

On November 7, 2023, King Charles III delivered his first address as monarch at the opening of Parliament. The king laid out the government’s legislative agenda for the next session.

MP says the NHS dental crisis is a ‘national scandal’

Simon Lightwood, MP for Wakefield, has renewed his calls to the government to tackle the crisis in dentistry.

Association encourages dentists to complete workforce survey

With the General Dental Council’s (GDC) annual renewal process for dentists now open, the British Dental Association (BDA) has encouraged registrants to take part in the voluntary collection of...

Half of women say their oral health is being affected by the cost of living crisis 

Newly-released data from the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme’s Oral Health Index has shown that more women (48 per cent) believe there has been no improvement in accessing dental services since the...

GDC seeks valuable workforce insights

As part of an effort to deepen the understanding of the dental workforce, the General Dental Council (GDC) will be asking dental professionals to share a few details of their working patterns as part...

How digital dentistry can play a part in every stage of full mouth rehabilitation

The fifth in the 2023 Digital Excellence Series from Align Education explored solutions for full mouth rehabilitation. Presentations from Henrietta Lerner of Germany and Dimitar Filtchev of Bulgaria...

Quit smoking campaign asks ‘What will you miss’?

A hard-hitting quit smoking campaign has been launched on November 1, 2023, by Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership.

Changing the plan mid-treatment? Easy!

A look at how to adapt to optimise your patient’s result.

Society aims to push the boundaries of orthodontics with an upcoming event

The European Aligner Society’s (EAS) fifth congress takes place in Valencia between February 29 and March 2, 2024, and will explore ways to exceed the perceived parameters of aligner orthodontics and...