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Giving back to the community

A private dentist practice in Walsall will give 25 free emergency slots to anyone needing dental care.

?Further salt and sugar levies

Two million cases of disease over 25 years could be prevented if the Government were to introduce an industry-wide levy on salt and sugar, according to modelling commissioned by the new 'Recipe for Change' campaign coalition of health and food organisations.

Stop smoking roadshow

The Health Trainer team is getting out into the community to visit as many residents as possible and help them quit smoking for good.

Salford vaping ban

According to BBC News, a ban on smoking and vaping “outside city schools and in park play areas” could be introduced in Salford.

2023 oral health survey

Nearly three in ten (28 per cent) Britons have had to take time off work due to tooth pain, according to a new survey from Denplan – the UK’s leading dental plan provider – an equivalent of 11.7m working-age people.

Smoking and vaping 2023 survey

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates for the rate of smoking and vaping were published on September 5, 2023.

Endometriosis in the workplace

Six ground-breaking projects, including an investigation looking at how endometriosis impacts women in the workplace, have been awarded £12.4m, the government announced on September 12.

Vaping and the immune system

Inhaling vapour from an e-cigarette may be stopping frontline immune cells from working typically. A study shows that even moderate smoke exposure suppresses cell activity.

Suicide guidance

Researchers from the University of Surrey, University of Birmingham, and Keele University gathered evidence and data over the course of two years as part of a study which has informed a robust set of new evidence-based postvention guidance to support NHS staff after the death by a suicide of a colleague.

Teen nicotine dependence

Evidence collected by Public Health Wales has shown dependence on vapes among secondary school pupils is having a detrimental impact on students' ability to learn. Some are even leaving lessons to vape in the toilets.

Teen vaping and stress

According to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, young people who have used e-cigarettes are more than twice as likely to report experiencing chronic stress.

Making a better world

As is traditional, the setting for the upcoming British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) Annual Scientific Conference will take place in the home city of the society’s incoming president. So, this year, BSPD members will convene in Newcastle from September 14 and 15, 2023, to not only share news, research and updates – but also to hear from the society’s president-elect, Professor Paula Waterhouse on the importance of driving diversity and inclusion in dental institutes’ curricula for graduates and post-graduates. Paula’s record of achievements includes nurturing generations of dental students and paediatric dentists, many of whom have now gone on to lead in their own areas.