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British Society of Periodontology launches gum health awareness campaign
The British Society of Periodontology (BSP) has launched its gum health awareness campaign for 2017. It is part of an…
Oral health
Screening dental patients for diabetes ‘worthwhile’
Screening dental patients for diabetes would be ‘worthwhile’, a study published in the BMJ has found. The article, titled ‘Periodontitis as…
Oral health
Oral health needs for type 2 diabetics
Dentists should be included in the treatment plan for type 2 diabetics, Michael Watson says. With the diabetes ‘time bomb’…
Oral health
Type 2 diabetes ‘timebomb’ prompts call on government to ‘take dentistry seriously’
England looks set to reach five million type 2 diabetes diagnoses by 2020 – five years sooner than previously thought…
Oral health
Investment in dental health of diabetic patients could save NHS millions
Tackling the dental health of those suffering with diabetes has been found to create substantial savings in further medical treatments,…
Oral health
Investment in dental health of diabetic patients could save NHS millions
Treating the dental health of those suffering with diabetes early could save money in the longer term. New research looked…
Dentistry
University to research turmeric’s anti-cancer properties
The University of Brighton has been awarded £148,600 to find new ways to deliver anti-cancer properties from the spice turmeric…
Oral health
Diabetes – Michael Watson’s perspective as a patient
Last Monday I spent an away day at a football stadium to educate myself in managing my type two diabetes. Organised…
Dentistry