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Evaluating the environmental impact of the Welsh national childhood oral health improvement programme, Designed to Smile
Abstract: Introduction: Designed to Smile (D2S) is a national oral health improvement programme, aimed to reduce the prevalence of dental caries in young children in Wales. D2S has a responsibility to consider the environmental impact of the service it provides and demonstrate adherence to the sustainable development principle legislated within the Wellbeing of Future Generations […]
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Barry Biomass plant operators successfully applied to change the way one sites’s emissions is monitored
Note from FAN: This biomass plant has been roundly opposed by the local community, but without success. Read more here and here and scientific reports from Energy Justice Network. ________________________________________________________________________ BARRY Biomass plant operators have successfully applied to change the way one of the emissions from site is monitored. This means that they will now […]
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The biggest health challenges facing children in Wales – by one of the country’s leading doctors
Dr David Tuthill is the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ‘s (RCPCH) new officer for Wales. Here he highlights the main hurdles he believes need to be tackled to better health for our children. The NHS turns 70 this summer and since its conception in 1948, it has delivered many great things. It […]
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Wales: Fluoridation is key to improving nation’s dental health, says expert
The Welsh Government’s failure to fluoridate water supplies brings into question its commitment to improving the dental health of the nation, according to the chairman of its advisory body. The Welsh Dental Committee, which advises the Welsh Government on oral health matters, was one of a number of leading health organisations and experts whose call […]
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Wales: Tooth decay in children too high, says chief dental officer
Dental health experts say tooth decay in children remains too high despite latest figures which show a decrease in the number of five-year-olds with problems. The survey shows 41% of youngsters experienced dental decay in 2011-12, a decrease of 6% since 2007/08. But chief dental officer David Thomas said dental decay is “still too high”. […]
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Should we fluoridate our water supply? No, says Elizabeth A McDonagh
It’s a controversial question which rears its head every few years – should Wales fluoridate the water supply to improve notoriously poor dental health? Health Wales brought together two views from either side of the argument OUR principal objection to water fluoridation is that it is indiscriminate mass-medication by the state. Fluoridated water is presented […]
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Sweet tooth can leave a sour taste by proving to be a dental disaster
Alison Lowe explains how we can prevent ourselves falling victim to the most common disease in Western society – dental caries ASK anybody what they think the most common disease in Western society is and I bet the last thing they’d come up with would be dental caries. But sadly tooth decay is a very […]
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Children in Wales ‘lag’ on tooth decay, says top doctor
Wales’ top doctor has said more needs to be done to improve the state of children’s teeth. The Welsh government currently provides some nursery children with tooth brushes and fluoride varnishes. But in his annual report, Dr Tony Jewell said “alternative methods” were needed so teeth could benefit from fluoride. On average, four children in […]
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Wales: Dentist says ‘fluoridation’ will help deprived kids. New clinical dental report from UK-Wales
New research released this week indicates children’s dental health in Wales suffers as a result of their deprived background. The study revealed only half of the Welsh population has access to an NHS dentist. It also showed more than three quarters of children under the age of 15 in the least deprived areas of Wales […]
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Chairman of the British Dental Association calls for fluoridation of drinking water in Wales
One in 10 people in Wales have lost all their natural teeth and the nation has higher levels of tooth decay than England and Northern Ireland. Why is this and what can we do to prevent it? Clare Hutchinson asks the experts WHEN the Office for National Statistics (ONS) asked 11,000 people across Wales, England […]
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