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Simple Test For Fluoride Can Help Prevent Crippling Bone Disease
A simple test to detect fluoride in drinking water quickly could prevent skeletal fluorosis, a crippling bone disease, according to a team of researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies and the Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC) at the University of Bath, UK. The study is published in the journal Chemical Communications. Fluoride is […]
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Scotland launches Oral Health Improvement Plan
The Oral Health Improvement Plan has been launched by the Scottish Government to provide a framework for improving the oral health of the next generation. The launch of this document started with an initial consultation in September 2016 and Shona Robison, Secretary for Health and Sport, claims the Government has engaged with a wide range of professionals and […]
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Public perception of community water fluoridation in the UK
Teeside University are running a survey to gauge the public opinion in the UK regarding fluoridation of drinking water at online at https://teesside.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/public-opinion-on-water-fluoridation-in-the-uk Page 1: Consent Form 1. The purpose of the survey is to gauge the public opinion in the UK regarding fluoridation of drinking water. It should take about 10 minutes to complete. […]
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Snacks fuel tooth decay – even if you brush, says study
Title of Study: Positive association between sugar consumption and dental decay prevalence independent of oral hygiene in pre-school children: a longitudinal prospective study, Journal of Public Health, Dec 29, 2017 Tooth brushing only partly protects against the effects of sugary snacks on children’s teeth, research suggests. A study based on a sample of nearly 4000 […]
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Fluoride could be added to County Durham tap water
FLUORIDE could be added to drinking water across County Durham in a bid to cut tooth decay among children. Members of Durham County Council’s ruling Cabinet will be asked to vote next week on whether to carry out a full technical appraisal of a water fluoridisation scheme after an initial study showed it is believed […]
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East Lancashire: ‘End the scandal of our children’s rotten teeth’
CHILDREN from Blackburn with Darwen have the worst teeth in the country and those of five-year-olds in Burnley, Hyndburn, and Pendle are almost as bad. Across the four boroughs scarcely half make it to primary school without fillings or any removed. New figures show the four council areas have very poor figures for dental health […]
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Childsmile: Inverclyde nurseries battle tooth decay stats
NURSERIES in Inverclyde are helping to reduce the number of young children with tooth decay — but the district still lags behind the rest of the country. Health chiefs say it still has one of the worst such records in the country. But latest figures show a five per cent improvement in the number of […]
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Hazmat crews called to Royston chemical incident involving 1,200 litres of hydrofluoric acid
Firefighters responded to a report of smoke issuing from an acid room containing 1,200 litres of hydrofluoric acid at 7.30pm at an engineering plant in Orchard Road. Two crews from Royston, two from Stevenage, one from Baldock & Letchworth and the Decontamination and Environmental Protection Unit from Hemel Hempstead all attended. Firefighters wore hazmat suits […]
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Water fluoridation in Bedfordshire
Water fluoridation Water naturally contains a small amount of fluoride. In 1971, Bedfordshire County Council introduced a water fluoridation scheme, which had already been adopted in other areas of the UK, as a method of reducing tooth decay. In a water fluoridation scheme, if the level of naturally occurring fluoride is below a certain threshold […]
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New scheme aims to cut tooth rot in Blackpool youngsters
A pilot scheme aims to cut rates of tooth decay among Blackpool’s youngsters. The resort is one of 13 areas selected by Public Health England to receive extra help to improve dental health. The aim is to persuade the parents of hundreds of under-fives who have never seen a dentist, to attend regular check-ups. Blackpool […]
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