A report on the findings of the 2023 adult oral health survey from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. As many of you will know, dental public health is a key area of interest to the Society and the special interest groups. To say we are delighted to see the report published may well […]
Adult Oral Health Survey (2023) Has Been Published (9/12/2025 and Updated 17/12/2025) Read More »
You may well have missed this in the news last week; it was featured as a good news story for the government and the work focusing on the supervised toothbrushing national programme. Equally, there was a fabulous paper published by Anna Hunt, Samantha Watt and Zoe Marshman (the link can be found below). The Society
Toothbrushing Hits the News Read More »
Guidance:Update 17th April, 2025 Improving oral health: Supervised toothbrushing programme toolkit Commissioning and delivering supervised toothbrushing schemes in early years and school settings. Thank you, Brush Bus, for the picture. https://thebrushbus.com/collections/brush-racks Evidence for carrying out supervised toothbrushing There is strong evidence that the daily application of fluoride toothpaste to teeth reduces the incidence and severity
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oral-health-survey-of-5-year-old-schoolchildren-2024/national-dental-epidemiology-programme-ndep-for-england-oral-health-survey-of-5-year-old-schoolchildren-2024#:~:text=Overall%2C%2022.4%25%20of%205%20year,had%20experience%20of%20dentinal%20decay. Summary This report presents the results of the seventh National Dental Epidemiology Programme oral health survey of 5 year old schoolchildren in England in 2024. The data was collected during the 2023 to 2024 school year. This data is the source for the dental indicator (percentage of 5 year olds with visually obvious dentinal
THE Latest Oral Health Survey of 5-year-Old School Children in England Read More »
It is important that we set out response to the political parties as we approach the election. The Society had undertaken a great deal of work up to the announcement of the election and we are keen to ensure that none of this is lost. Dental nurses can play an enormous part in intervention and
Our manifesto – The Society responds to the election Promises. Read More »
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