Flavoured vapes less harmful
A new study published recently looks at young peoples’ use of vape flavours, reporting the views and experiences of more than 500,000 under 18s.
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Dental nurse training provider
The acquisition will extend Learndirect’s existing portfolio of professional dental nursing e-learning courses and add a significant face-to-face training capacity which has until now been the cornerstone of our SmileWisdom offering.
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccine
The regulations, subject to parliamentary approval will come into force on April 1, 2022.
NHS update - green dentistry
In their opening address, they share, “As world leaders gather at COP26, one message is clear - the climate crisis is all our business.
LDN gets mobile dental clinic
Launched by the charity Dentaid, in partnership with Bupa Dental Care, the mobile clinic offered free dental treatment for some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
Baby teeth& mental health link
Senior author Erin C. Dunn, ScD, MPH, is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist and an investigator in MGH’s Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit. She studies the effects of childhood adversity, which research suggests is responsible for up to one-third of all mental health disorders.
Dentex welcomes 100th practice
Five years after partnering with its first practice, Dentex is celebrating a milestone achievement. The dental group has just welcomed the 100th practice into its dental community.
WHO inclusion of fluoride
The report of the 23rd WHO expert committee into the ‘Selection and Use of Essential Medicines’ notes the burden of oral diseases, particularly untreated dental caries, which represent a significant public health problem globally.
NHS to prescribe e-cigarettes
This would make England the first country in the world to prescribe medicinally licensed e-cigarettes.
'Dental Check by One' award
The award seeks to recognise a practice that has successfully introduced the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) Dental Check by One (DCby1) into their practice. The aim of the campaign is to increase the number of children who access dental care aged zero to two years.
Failed NHS contract
MPs are continuing to join our call to break from the discredited NHS contract, with amendments now tabled to the landmark Health and Care Bill currently before parliament.
Infants at risk
A new product survey by Action on Sugar (based at Queen Mary University of London) has exposed the alarming amounts of sugars found in many baby & toddler sweet snacks such as biscuits, rusks, oat bars and puffs.
Local exhaust ventilation
The study ‘Local Exhaust Ventilation to Control Dental Aerosols and Droplets’, published in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), investigated the effect of a local exhaust ventilation (LEV) device on aerosols and droplets produced during dental procedures. These devices are designed to be placed over the patient’s mouth to capture aerosols and droplets at the source.
ARF to remain the same
In what continue to be uncertain times for the dental sector, a council meeting of the General Dental Council (GDC) has today set its budget for 2022 and, in doing so, confirmed the annual retention fee (ARF) will remain the same next year.
What's the impact of Covid-19?
All dental professionals are being invited to take part in an online survey, as part of independent research commissioned by the General Dental Council (GDC) to understand the continuing and changing impact of Covid-19 on dental professionals, and implications for the future. The research aims to understand impacts on dental professionals’ financial circumstances, mental health, and their ability to provide services to the public.
