Paediatric dentistry

Magical Dental Check-Up Day – tackling NHS access issues

Adding a touch of magic: Rowan Thomas reports back from the Magical Dental Check-Up Day at Islington’s Dental Beauty. On…

Dentistry

Sugar tax linked to fall in child tooth extractions in hospitals – the profession reacts

Last week, a study suggested that the sugar tax may have reduced the amount of child hospital admissions for tooth…

Dentistry

Electric toothbrushes improve children’s oral health more than manual, study finds

According to a new study, oscillating-rotating (O-R) electric toothbrushes were significantly more effective than manual brushes in reducing plaque and…

Dentistry

Sugar tax may have reduced hospital admissions for child tooth extractions, study suggests

The sugar tax may have reduced the amount of child hospital admissions for tooth extractions, according to new research. Also…

Dentistry

Expanding your practice: everyday paediatric dentistry made easy

King’s College London introduces its Expanding Your Practice: Everyday Paediatric Dentistry Made Easy workshop, focusing on a minimal intervention approach to…

Dentistry

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‘Freedom to do the right thing’ – providing private dentistry to children

Ulrika Skalberg explains how children fit into the transition from NHS to private dentistry and her motives for handing back…

NHS to Private

Managing paediatric patients before hospital and community services assessment

Dr Myria Akhtar details how GDPs can manage paediatric patients who are waiting for an assessment by hospital and community…

Dentistry

Why are there no dentists for children?

As Kunal Patel opens his latest practice – Love Teeth Kids – we find out what made him focus on…

Dentistry

Dentistry Cribs – Happy Kids Dental

  In this episode of Dentistry Cribs, we visit an award-winning paediatric dental practice, Happy Kids Dental. Happy Kids Dental,…

Dentistry

Northern Ireland – significant drop in dental treatments among children compared to pre-pandemic levels

The number of children receiving dental treatments beyond basic exams in Northern Ireland is down by 37% when compared to…

Dentistry

The hidden magic behind every successful paediatric appointment

Paediatric specialist Kunal Patel reveals how his approach to treating children is enhancing the dental experience for the next generation…

Dentistry

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Animal therapy in practice reduces dental fear among children

Animal-assisted therapy is a good way to calm down children who have a phobia of going to the dentist. This…

Dentistry

Dentistry in Jersey – mounting fears over waiting times for children

Calls are being made to fix the ‘unworkable’ waiting times at a key hospital for dentistry on a channel island. …

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… No dental practices…

Dentistry

Specialists in paediatric dentistry ‘should be trebled’ to meet UK demands

The UK is significantly lacking specialists in paediatric dentistry, it has been suggested. In a new report into the dental…

Dentistry

Paediatric care – setting the foundation

Yasamin Yousefi and Ama Salaudeen discuss the crisis in children’s tooth extractions and how one initiative can help dental teams…

Oral health

Tackling children’s oral health in response COVID-19

Moira Crawford summarises a webinar that brought an expert panel together to discuss children’s oral health in the UK. Children’s…

Oral health

A ‘new model’ of paediatric dentistry operating in Leeds

Caroline Holland introduces an innovative way of delivering paediatric dentistry to children in the UK, without having to attend the…

Dentistry

BSPD welcomes dental advice in report on children’s health

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) has praised a report into children’s health across the UK. The latest ‘State…

Dentistry