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The hygienist’s blog – changing the way we work
Claire Berry explains how she realised her potential as a hygienist and started to grow and invest in her business.…
Oral health
Are your patients suffering in silence?
Fifty per cent of patients suffering from dentine hypersensitivity don’t report their pain (Colgate Palmolive date on file). There are…
Oral health
Adventures in hygiene with Andrea Hung
Andrea Hung details her dental hygiene career from Venezuela to Manchester via Barcelona. When Andrea Hung came to England in…
Oral health
Oxfordshire plans to become first smoke-free county
Oxfordshire’s Health Improvement Partnership Board is discussing plans to become the first smoke-free county in the UK. Action on Smoking…
Oral health
Helping dental phobics to have no fear
Bashar Al-Naher discusses the Enjoyable Dentistry Technique – a method for treating dental phobics successfully, effectively and predictably. The Enjoyable…
Oral health
Action on Sugar calls for pre-mixed alcoholic drinks to fall under sugar tax
Pre-mixed alcoholic drinks sold in supermarkets contain up to nine teaspoons of sugar in 250ml, new research shows. Action on…
Oral health
Should we focus more on public education about oral hygiene and dental products?
Amber Ojak questions whether dental professionals should spend more time publishing advice for the general public to access. As a…
Oral health
Solitary confinement? No, just dentistry
Feeling isolated? You are not alone. We are never really on our own, but in this job, it can sometimes…
Oral health
Sugar tax causes huge drop in number of drinks containing too much sugar
The number of drinks containing too much sugar fell from 49% to 15% following the sugar tax. A new study…
Oral health
In safe hands
This article explores the oral health challenges facing patients who have limited dexterity, and how to help them bridge that…
Oral health
Fresh thinking outside of the box on childhood orthodontics
Rachel Pointer thinks outside the box when it comes to childhood orthodontics. According to the results of a new study,…
Oral health
NHS England throws its support behind water fluoridation movement
NHS England is signalling strongly for community water fluoridation. It believes this is the optimum intervention to improve the oral…
Oral health
How to reduce plastic, tube by tube
Almost two thirds of people are not aware that you cannot recycle toothpaste tubes (Colgate-Palmolive, 2019). Colgate is proud to…
Oral health
Professor Tim Newton on demand exclusive ECPD programme
Colgate introduces its on demand exclusive ECPD programme with a video from Professor Tim Newton, including an hour ECPD. There…
Oral health
Faces and places in oral health – Claire Berry
Claire Berry explains why she first got into dentistry and what keeps driving her to do more. What first got…
Oral health
Considering running a homeless dental service? Ben Atkins shares his experience
Ben Atkins explains how his practice got involved with hard-to-reach patients and offers advice to those looking to run a…
Oral health
New social-first campaign from Poligrip: Divorced, Dating and Dentures
Poligrip is launching Divorced, Dating and Dentures. This is a three-part dating series featuring denture-wearing divorcees who are getting to…
Oral health
The sweetest poison – the relationship between sugar and health
In part one of this series, Chris Harper looks into the relationship of sugar and health and the impact…
Dentistry
Alcohol consumption in England increases with age
Half of women and 65% of men have drunk alcohol in the last week, new figures from NHS Digital show.…
Oral health