YES says Iffley dentist Manuel Perez-Padron I AM honoured to give my professional opinion to win the debate in favour for water fluoridation. Fluoridation would reinforce the current successful strategies already in place in this country such as the Oral Health school nurseries promotion campaign. This, alongside partnership work, is helping to improve NHS dental […]
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Dietary sugar increases dental decay even with fluoride use
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Professor Aubrey Sheiham Emeritus Professor of Dental Public Health Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, WC1E 6BT. UK. Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Prof Sheiham: There is a robust log-linear relationship of caries to sugar intakes from zero to 10% of sugars as a […]
UK confirms destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons
On Thursday, Britain confirmed that it has completed incineration of around 190 tonnes of Syrian chemical material, intended for use by Bashar al-Assad’s regime to manufacture nerve gas. The destruction was carried out at Ellesmere Port. The UK had agreed to destroy approximately 15% of the total declared Syrian chemical stockpile in commercial facilities. The […]
Project to tackle Bradford’s tooth decay problem
A PROJECT to tackle tooth decay in the Bradford district with the worst track record in the region for the disease gets under way next week. The Bradford and Airedale district has 46 per cent of five year olds with tooth decay – compared to an average of 33 per cent across the Yorkshire region. […]
Fluoridation of public water: The elephant in the room?
A report suggests fluoride should be added to more drinking water supplies in England. Unfortunately not everyone agrees. There’s an elephant in the room. Not, literally, of course. That would be odd and animal rights campaigners would no doubt be after me. The theoretical elephant I talk about is fluoride. That’s utilities adding fluoride to […]
300% rise in kids needing op to have rotten teeth out
The West Midlands has seen a 300 per cent rise in children being admitted to hospital for multiple teeth extractions in what a senior dentist described as a “massive parenting failure”. Some youngsters are undergoing hospital operations to remove all 20 baby teeth, according to Dr Nigel Carter, the chief executive of the British Dental […]
Syria chemical stockpile arrive in the UK
A shipment of chemicals from Syria’s stockpile arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday to be destroyed at a specialist waste facility. A Ministry of Defence statement said that the chemicals were delivered on a Danish ship to Marchwood Port in the south of England. Under the terms of an agreement brokered by the United […]
New Public Heath England dental health guidance recommends a healthy lifestyle to help protect oral health
Public Health England has released the latest Delivering Better Oral Health guidance today [see guidance for children]. The guidance is aimed at dental health professionals and provides them with evidence based interventions and advice that can improve and maintain the oral health of their patients The guidance highlights the positive impact a healthy lifestyle has […]
Figures on Bradford children’s rotten teeth prompt call for fluoride in tap water
Three toddlers in Bradford have rotten teeth pulled out in hospital every week, shock figures reveal. The youngsters undergo operations under general anaesthetic for “dental caries” – infections caused by eating sugary food and failing to brush their teeth properly. Official statistics show 462 children in the city under the age of five were admitted […]
Bolton: Fluoride in water debate has been going 50 years
The much-debated fluoridation issue has been reported in The Bolton News and the Bolton Evening News for many years [click on arrows] THE subject of water fluoridation has been debated passionately by campaigners in Bolton for the past 50 years. The Bolton News reported in November, 1968, how more than 100,000 votes were cast in […]