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Published: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 07:46
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The Christmas reception of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Dentistry and Oral Health took place on Tuesday 29 November in the House of Commons with the new health minister David Mowat MP speaking at the event. Organised by the BDA who act as the Group’s Secretariat, the event promoted good oral health and the celebration of Christmas in a way that won’t do damage to teeth
Attending the event were Parliamentarians and key figures from the world of British dentistry who heard speeches from the Chair of the APPG Sir Paul Beresford MP, BDA’s Chair Mick Armstrong, the sponsors of the event Wrigley, and the new Health Minister responsible for dentistry David Mowat MP. The Minister said that the oral health improvements we have seen in recent years were a testament to the extremely important work dentists do, but stressed more needed to be done to tackle persistent inequalities in access and outcomes.
Just last week we saw Members of Parliament asking what government can do to tackle Britain’s huge oral health inequalities. It was great to see so many of them who made such powerful contributions to the debate join us to keep that conversation going. The BDA was delighted to see this many MPs from both sides of the House engage on how we can improve oral health and the challenges facing dentists and dentistry over the next year.
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