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Released today, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) assessment on the non-sugar sweetener aspartame has found it ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’. This comes after the WHO and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) worked with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to conduct a review assessing the carcinogenic…
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A medicine to grow new teeth is set to enter clinical trials in July next year after being developed in Japan. Following the clinical trials, the research team plans to have the medicine ready for general use in 2030. If successful, they believe the tooth regrowth medicine could be a ‘game changer’ for dentistry. The…
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With this year’s Irish Dentistry Show on the horizon, have a look at the fantastic line-up of lectures and leading speakers. The 2023 Irish Dentistry Show is back! Taking place on 9 September 2023 at RDS Dublin, it’s expected to have the highest attendance so far. As one of the biggest dental shows in Ireland,…
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Lucy Veal talks to Matt Everatt about this year’s award opportunities for the laboratory community, including why it’s important to get involved and enter. Why is entering industry awards so important? Perfect timing! Last night our youngest son came home from his performing arts studio with a shiny, gold trophy. Wow! It was totally unexpected.…
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UK secondary schools have rolled out ‘critical’ school-based intervention to reduce tooth decay in young people. This comes after researchers from leading UK universities recognised the ‘vital need’ to prevent tooth decay in secondary school students. They found that tooth decay affects a third of young people aged 12-15 years, and nearly half of young…
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Following a 40% rise in deaths caused by liver cancer in a decade, a leading health charity has called for urgent action. The British Liver Trust Liver has revealed that liver cancer has become the fastest rising cause of cancer death in the UK. There are around 5,800 deaths per year caused by liver cancer…
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It is officially time to enter the Private Dentistry Awards – find out everything you need to know about creating and submitting an entry. The Private Dentistry Awards is a prestigious and well-respected dental awards ceremony in the UK and Ireland. Chaired by Dr David Houston, the awards recognise outstanding dentistry carried out by teams…
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The number of people diagnosed with skin cancer has reached the highest since records began, Cancer Research UK says. The charity revealed that melanoma cases across all age groups in the UK has reached 17,500 per year. In addition, there has been a sharp rise among people aged over 55. Since the 1990s, skin cancer…
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As we mark 75 years of the National Health Service, Ben Atkins explains why some hard work will guarantee a bright future for NHS dentistry. Please introduce yourself My name is Ben Atkins, I’m the past president of the Oral Health Foundation and I had seven different NHS contracts over the northwest of England, from…
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The Prime Minister forgot the name for dental therapists last week after suggesting they take up more dental work to relieve NHS dentistry access issues. On Friday, the government published the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, which proposes changes for recruiting and training staff. Part of the plan includes increasing training places for dental therapists…
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Aamir Vaghela discusses how technology has transformed orthodontics, how he sees technology advancing in the future and how he would feel if he had to go back to analogue dentistry. Please introduce yourself My name is Aamir and I work in a practice in St Albans, Hertfordshire. I primarily provide cosmetic dentistry focused around the…
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Join Mark Hughes on Wednesday 5 July at 7pm as he discusses twenty years of ortho-restorative: taking your practice from analogue to digital. Learn from Dr Hughes’ 20 years+ experience in treating ortho-restorative cases and how digital technology and workflows are now transforming day to day restorative practice. See how digital technology and streamlined processes…
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Join Eoin O’Sullivan on Tuesday 4 July at 7pm as he discusses the benefits of using digital techniques in restorative dentistry. In the presentation, delegates will be shown how digital workflows can be used in restorative dentistry. The benefits of digital approaches to communication, both with patients and the rest of the dental team, will…
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FMC is pleased to announce Laboratory’s Leading 20 – a brand new initiative recognising influence, skill and impact in dental technology, and how it has contributed to the dental profession as a whole. Every year for over a decade, FMC has revealed the Dentistry Top 50 – the biggest measure of influence, impact and achievement…
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Join Marcos White on Wednesday 28 June at 7pm as he discusses the gateway to digital – sign up now! This webinar will illustrate that the adoption of scanning is not the end of the process, but the beginning. It will make clear that the ability to engage in digital design and digital planning is…
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A recent poll has found that 99.5% of dental professionals do not think the GDC is fit to regulate. On the back of the General Dental Council (GDC) versus Williams case, a poll was undertaken to find out what the profession thinks about the GDC. The results found that only 0.45% of those who took…
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Kunal Rai discusses his most rewarding experience in dentistry, his ambitions for the future and what he’s passionate about away from work. Please introduce yourself Hi, I’m Dr Kunal Rai, I’m principal dentist at Meliora Dental in Leeds. I graduated from Charles University in Prague. Since then, I’ve done an MSc in implant dentistry and…
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Entry is officially open for the 2023 Clinical Dentistry Awards. With less than two weeks to go until the deadline, find out how to submit an entry. The highly anticipated 2023 Clinical Dentistry Awards have officially opened their doors for entries. The ceremony will be taking place on Friday 29 September 2023 at the glamorous…
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‘I would recommend it to anyone who works in a team’: Integrated Training Events (ITE) offers a tailored, transformational team building experience – run by a team with elite military backgrounds. Integrated Training Events (ITE) is a UK-based company that delivers corporate training events with a difference. Dedicated to unlocking your full potential to transform…
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