It has been announced that Crispian Scully has died at the age of 71. He was Emeritus Professor of Special Needs Dentistry and for many years was of Dean of the Eastman Dental Institute in London (1993-2008), gaining the Queen’s Award for Higher and Further Education in 2002/2003 - the first in dentistry. Among many awards he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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Increases in patients’ charges from April 1, 2017, which were announced last year, have been confirmed to both the House of Commons and Welsh Assembly. They take Band 1 to £20.60, Band 2 to £56.30 and Band 3 to £244.30. BDA Wales has condemned the increase as 'without justification'.
The Greater Manchester Mayoral race is on and the BDA has called on all candidates to pledge to tackle the city region’s status at the bottom of the national league table for oral health. Official statistics show a child in Greater Manchester is 60% more likely to end up having to be admitted to hospital to have multiple decayed teeth extracted under general anaesthesia than an average child in England.
Read more: BDA calls on next Manchester mayor to tackle child tooth decay costs
Britain’s most ethnically diverse jobs are taxi driver and dentist — while farmers are overwhelmingly likely to be white British. But this group accounts for less than half of taxi and cab drivers, chauffeurs and dentists, according to an analysis of the ethnic mix of occupations in England and Wales.
Some Neanderthals were vegetarians who used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin as medicine. Despite being commonly thought of as meat eaters some Neanderthals ate a vegetarian diet and appear to have used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin to treat infections and pain, examination of their dental plaque has revealed.
A recent study has found that tooth loss was associated with an increased risk of dementia. The study involved more than 1,500 elderly people in Japan who had their health monitored between 2007 and 2012. The study found participants with fewer teeth had a greater chance of developing dementia within the five years of the study.