A freedom of information (FOI) request was sent to all 20 UK dental hospitals. A response rate of 95% was achieved (n=19). Three dental hospitals were unable to provide the information requested..

Following consultation with the Smoke-Free Birmingham team, a paper-based pilot questionnaire was devised and distributed amongst 10 students and staff to ensure that the questionnaire would give the...

The main features of the Childsmile programme, and its position within the upstream/downstream continuum are shown in Table 1. These are also represented in Figure 3..

A traditional biomedical model of dental caries has been well documented. Intra-orally, the following factors play an important role:.

The announcement of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on SSBs in the Westminster budget on 16 March 2016 was, for many in the medical and dental professions, a welcome surprise. Table 2 lists common...

The new NHS Immigration Health Surcharge for temporary migrants, students and their dependents came into effect from April 2015.4 This surcharge ensures that temporary, non-EEA (European Economic...

The association between sugar and dental caries has a long and detailed history. Observational studies7,8 have shown convincingly that not only does a relationship exist but that it is the frequency...

The Toolkit was introduced through the Dental Public Health course in my final year of dental school (2007/08), shortly after it was first published. Since qualifying, I have gained a more thorough...

Health literacy can be defined as ‘the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health...

An important consideration in an increasingly multi-cultural society in the United Kingdom is that patient information should be culturally sensitive, that is it should be targeted to the...

Using the Nexis™ news database provided by the University of Birmingham Library, 13 daily newspapers were searched for any mention of the word fluoride. The search was done retrospectively from 1st...

Legislation of the water industry in the UK to protect the public and regulate the safety of water supplies has been in place for over 100 years. It appeared as a response to an outbreak of cholera...