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Dental News
Dental experts call for radical rethink on free sugars intake
LONDON – Sugars in the diet should make up no more than 3 per cent of total energy intake to reduce the significant financial and social burdens of ...
Cricket legend attends Prima Dental market launch in India
NEW DELHI, India: Kapil Dev made a star appearance at the launch of UK dental manufacturer Prima Dental into India’s dental market here at the 2014 ...
Easier and safer: Webinar presents new endodontic technique
LEIPZIG, Germany: A new instrumentation technique, which is designed to improve safety, efficiency and user friendliness of shaping procedures, will be ...
HIV-positive dentist loses licence over dishonesty
PAISLEY, UK: The General Dental Council has removed a Scottish dentist from the register because he failed to disclose his HIV status to authorities. Along ...
More English adults see NHS dentists
LEEDS, UK: The number of adult and child patients who visit a National Health Service (NHS) dentist is rising, but only the North of England has recorded an...
Teeth reveal details of Richard III’s lifestyle
LEICESTER, UK: Isotope analysis of bone and tooth material from King Richard III has revealed previously unknown details of his early life and the change in...
Brighton builds waste house with 20,000 toothbrushes
BRIGHTON, UK: Students, apprentices and volunteers from Brighton in South England have built a house completely made of waste. Among DVDs, jeans and many ...
Prima Dental to enter Indian market
GLOUCESTER – Dental bur manufacturer Prima Dental has announced that it will be entering the Indian dental market with the launch of a full range of ...
UK dental students not informed about domestic violence
MANCHESTER, UK: Most victims of domestic violence have injuries around the head and neck region. Thus, dentists are in a prime position to spot signs of ...
World champion misses competition owing to infected tooth
LONDON, UK: In an interview with the BBC, the UK public broadcasting corporation, British distance runner Mohamed “Mo” Farah, CBE, has ...
Study finds highly inconsistent recommendations on toothbrushing
LONDON – A comparison of advice on toothbrushing for adults and children given by dental companies, textbooks and dental associations has found that ...
Straumann team embarks on charity bike ride
CRAWLEY, UK: From 2 to 6 September, a team composed of staff members from the UK division of dental implant manufacturer Straumann and customers will ...
Electric toothbrushes outperform manual toothbrushes in long-term study
MANCHESTER, UK: From a review of studies on different kinds of toothbrushes, researchers from the UK have found that electric toothbrushes are more ...
UK adults believe that correction of their smile could improve confidence
RUGBY – A UK survey commissioned by the British Dental Health Foundation and dental company Align Technology has found that over a quarter of people ...
Almost half of Brits do not visit or take their children to the dentist
LONDON – A recently published report about the UK dental consumer market has shown that only 52 per cent of the UK population visited the dentist ...
Tooth extractions are main reason for children's hospital admissions
LEEDS – The main reason for English children of primary school age being admitted to hospital is multiple tooth extraction. According to the latest ...
Instrumentarium Dental exhibits at major ortho congress
WARSAW, Poland/TUUSULA, Finland: In June, participants at the 90th Congress of the European Orthodontic Society in Warsaw in Poland had the opportunity to ...
Woman discovers foreign dental piece in cheese
CAMBRIDGE – A woman from Cambridge in England has reported finding someone else’s dental work in a piece of blue cheese purchased at a ...
Oral-B Bluetooth toothbrush goes on sale
SURREY, UK: The Oral-B toothbrush brand has announced that its SmartSeries electric toothbrush is now available for purchase in the UK. The device is the ...
Ivoclar Vivadent discusses monolithic restorations in London
LONDON – For over 150 years, the Westminster Hospital in London took care of the sick and disabled until making way for the Queen Elizabeth II ...
Minimally invasive treatment concepts in dentistry discussed in Lucerne
LUCERNE, Switzerland: In his invitation to the sixth Swiss Biomaterial Days congress, chairman Prof. Walter Lückerath emphasised the obligation of the...
New device to treat caries with electric remineralisation
LONDON – British researchers have developed a device that takes the pain out of tooth decay treatment by electrically reversing the process to help ...
Quality of life study of denture and dental implant patients launched
MANCHESTER – About 3.7 million British citizens have no natural teeth and many of them wear dentures and consequently have difficulty chewing and ...
Eonis dental displays: high image quality for fast, accurate diagnosis and dental image review
KORTRIJK, Belgium: For over 20 years, radiologists, surgeons, clinicians and other healthcare professionals around the world have been relying on ...
Duchess of Cambridge, Beckham and Clooney have best smiles
THAME, UK: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has been voted as having the best female celebrity smile. David Beckham and George Clooney share the top ...
University Dental Hospital of Manchester to feature in TV documentary
MANCHESTER – Staff and patients from the University Dental Hospital of Manchester are the subject of a new observational documentary airing on ITV in ...
Henry Schein helps raise awareness of oral cancer
GILLINGHAM – Henry Schein UK, the UK-based division of Henry Schein, is participating in 500 Miles 4 Smiles, a month-long walking event in the UK that...
UK dental authorities prosecute creator of James Bond villain teeth
LONDON – The national regulator of dental practice in the UK, the General Dental Council (GDC), has fined Luis Fairman, the creator of the metal teeth...
Survey finds increased optimism about the future in UK dental professionals
LONDON – The results of a recently published online survey indicate that more dental professionals practising in the UK are optimistic rather than ...
Henry Schein UK joins child oral health programme
SHEERNESS – Last week, Henry Schein UK, an affiliate of Henry Schein, one of the world’s largest providers of dental care products and services,...