Dental News September 6, 2015

• Supervised tooth brushing and floride varnish schemes benefit kids and the health economy
  Action to prevent tooth decay in children, such as supervised tooth brushing and fluoride varnish schemes, are not just beneficial to children’s oral health but could also result in cost savings to…
• Gum disease treatment using blueberry extract in development
  After finding extract of wild blueberries can help fight gum disease and reduce use of antibiotics, researchers are developing an oral device that slowly releases it.
• Sugar consumption having a ‘devastating’ effect on all of our dental health, claims charity
  Important changes need to be made at the highest level to urgently address the UK’s deteriorating dental health from sugar consumption, an oral health charity says.

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