Smile Escapes

NHS partners with Asda to highlight mouth cancer symptoms on toothpaste

The NHS has partnered with Asda to put mouth cancer symptoms on toothpaste and mouthwash in a bid to raise awareness. The pair are teaming up to provide advice on millions of toothpaste tubes and mouthwash bottles, with calls for the public to contact their GP or dentist if they notice any possible symptoms of… 

Half of adults skip toothbrushing weekly, says study

More than half (54%) of the adult population admit to skipping toothbrushing at least once per week according to research by the Oral Health Foundation (OHF). One in six (16%) participants also said they skip toothbrushing at least three times per week. The Oral Health Foundation described these findings as ‘extremely troubling’. Chief executive Nigel… 

CAD/CAM NobelProcera: “It is a very stable and well-tested solution for us”

Dr Ian Lane has more than 20 years of experience as a clinician at Queensway Dental Clinic in the UK under his belt. In this interview, he outlines the promising results at up to 6.4 years of follow-up of a retrospective, multicentre clinical study of Nobel Biocare’s individualised NobelProcera abutments with four different designs.  

Wes Streeting must declare a state of dental emergency, says letter

‘Successive governments and NHS dentistry leaders have collectively failed the public,’ an open letter to Wes Streeting on NHS dentistry has said. Signed by Mark Jones, founder of dental campaign group Toothless in England, the letter lays out the group’s expectations for the new government regarding NHS dentistry. It congratulates health secretary Wes Streeting on…