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Raising the bar

A look at a new Unilever CPD platform for oral health learning

Oral health and cleft care

FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) and Smile Train are releasing new Oral Health in Comprehensive Cleft Care guidelines to empower local cleft teams with training and resources to improve oral health.

SBDN welcomes SDCEP review

The Society of British Dental Nurses has welcomed a review into fallow time.

Oral health inequalities

Targeted Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) should be included in any programme to drive down the unacceptable level of dental decay in children.

'Stop the rot’ on tooth decay

Rotting teeth remain the leading cause of hospital admission among five to nine year olds, new figures reveal.

Helping dental nurses

Balancing everyday life together with the requirements of work and home can create pressures for all of us, particularly in these challenging times.

Impact of COVID-19 on health

A mouth cancer specialist reveals he received only three referrals during lockdown compared to 100 cases over the same period of time before the pandemic.

Free flu jab scheme

NHS England will not be extending free flu jabs to cover dental professionals, despite urging frontline workers to have one as soon as possible.

BADN welcomes survey

The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has welcomed the survey by the NHS Business Services Authority on pay concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

A light at the end

Dawn Woodward reveals how to find the positives in the new normal

New Perio & Cardio campaign

Dental patients with gum disease should be told that they have a higher risk of suffering cardiovascular diseases.

PPE respirator masks fit issue

Fit-pass rates for filtering facepiece respirators vary widely with lower rates found in females and Asians, a new paper reveals.

Ban '1 of your 5 a day'

Health experts are calling for the government to ensure so-called 'healthy' fruit snacks for children are labelled properly.

The British Dental Association (BDA) has joined with sector leaders and learning disability charity Mencap to press Matt Hancock to set out an action plan to ease the backlog on tooth extractions in hospitals.