Britain’s Josh Warrington defended his IBF world featherweight title for the third time with an emphatic second-round win over Sofiane Takoucht. Warrington, 28, knocked the Frenchman down twice before the referee stopped the contest after another flurry. After school, Josh started working at Beever Dental Laboratory, which would give him the nickname “The Tooth Fairy.”
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Northumberland county council has approved the next steps to extend the fluoridation of the water supply in the county. The plan is subject to approval from the Health Secretary and they also propose to hold a public consultation to run from May to August next year. The Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) network was closely involved, following a unanimous vote at the LDC Conference.
Read more: Northumberland votes to extend water fluoridation
The latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report, State of Care, gives dental practices an almost clean bill of health, with over 95% needing no action following an inspection, in such critical areas as safety, effectiveness, ‘caring’ and ‘responsive’. But the report says that increased demand for frontline NHS dental services has led to ‘challenges’ in accessing appointments.
Statistics obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show waits of up to 125 weeks for inpatient oral and maxillofacial treatment in Scotland. This is set against the Scottish government’s 12-week target for surgery. “These new figures have shed light on the staggeringly long waits some patients face for important dental treatment,” said a spokesman.
Read more: Long waits for oral and maxillofacial surgery in Scotland revealed by Lib Dems
The team behind the Tooth Fairy app has responded to media criticism of its launch, including inaccurate claims that they prescribe antibiotics, a claim that the Daily Mail has had to retract. They have also rejected the BDA’s scepticism about the app, which was based on the inaccurate Daily Mail article and which GDPUK reported. We are therefore publishing their response.
Dr. Aulak and Dr. Dhinsa have responded to this news story to say that things have moved on again and will change again in the near future. They will make a further new statment shortly.
Read more: Tooth Fairy app responds to media criticism of its launch
To add to the Prime Minister’s woes over Brexit, more and more pressure is being put on Boris Johnson to reverse his antipathy to the sugar tax. Latest to join in were the outgoing Chief Medical Officer, Prof Dame Sally Davies, whose report published today calls for the extension of the current tax on sugary drinks in her final report, and NHS England head, Simon Stevens, who said that the sugar tax had shown positive results.
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This review of the effect of sugar-free chewing gum(SFG) on dental caries included 12 studies 11 of which were RCTs. None of the included studies was at low risk of bias and ther findings suggest there is evidence to support the use of SFG in the control of dental caries in children.
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This review of grafting materials for alveolar ridge preservation included 38 small RCTs. 34 different materials were investigated with the findings suggesting that no grafting material increased new bone formation between 3 and 6 months after tooth extraction.
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This multi-centre RCTs of a single dental nurse delivered ‘talking’ intervention informed by motivational interviewing approaches was successful in reducing new caries experience in a group of high risk children at 2 years.
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