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A team effort

Philip Lewis outlines the vital knowledge needed for early mouth cancer detection.

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Dentistry for cancer patients

Dentaid The Dental Charity has won a prestigious national award for its work providing outreach dental care for head and neck cancer patients.

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Major illnesses rising

A report by the Health Foundation, says action from government, public services and employers is needed to address rising levels of ill-health in England.

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Children's anxiety project

BSPD’s Outstanding Innovation Award (OIA) for 2024 has gone to Lindsy Vallayil, assistant clinical director, Community Dental Service, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, for delivering a simple and reassuring animation for sedation.

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Lifetime alcohol use

Alcohol is the most commonly used substance, while vaping is now more common than cigarette smoking among young people, according to a new WHO/Europe report coordinated by researchers at the University of Glasgow.

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A decade of dentistry

An award-winning Wiltshire practice run by three sisters has marked a decade of providing quality dental care at the “heart of the village”.

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Alcohol health advice

Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry-funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the long-term health risks of alcohol.

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Editor to walk 10km

​Clementine Rees Brown, editor of the Dental Nursing Journal​, will walk 10 km in September to support the Mouth Cancer Foundation.

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Fitness to practice data

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published the findings from research designed to help it unlock the potential of GDC fitness to practise data.

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Young women smoking increases

Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have increased over the past decade, according to a study by University College London (UCL) researchers.

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Tax-free child support

Dental nursing is 99 per cent female – and dentistry overall is now more than 50 per cent female - so childcare is a big consideration for working families in dentistry.

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NHS weight loss plan

Research shows that patients referred to the NHS’ Digital Weight Management Programme lose, on average, over eight pounds in just 12 weeks.