British dental journal
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British dental journal · Mar 2013
Comparative StudySocio-economic status of patients registered with NHS dental services in Scotland: an inverse 'dental' care law?
To compare the socioeconomic characteristics of the population registered with an NHS dentist, split by the NHS General Dental Services (GDS) and Salaried General Dental Services (SGDS) across Scotland. ⋯ Contrary to expectations, no inverse dental care law could be demonstrated for adults receiving NHS dental care in Scotland in the GDS. There was a statistically significant inverse dental care law for children in the GDS. The SGDS has higher registration rates among the most deprived population and acts to reduce inequality in access to dental care, thereby removing any inverse dental care law.
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British dental journal · Feb 2013
Biography Historical ArticleHelen Whelton: 'it is difficult to imagine the population's decay levels without fluoridation'. Interview by Ruth Doherty.
Helen Whelton, new President of the IADR, on fluoridation, inequalities in public health and the condition of Irish teeth.
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Immunological reactions to chlorhexidine, including allergy (Type I hypersensitivity) and allergic contact dermatitis/stomatitis (Type IV hypersensitivity), have been recognised for many years. This potential safety issue, however, is not well known within dentistry. The purpose of this paper is to alert dentists and dental care professionals to the potential of chlorhexidine in causing hypersensitivity reactions and to consider this possibility if unexplained hypersensitivity reactions occur.
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British dental journal · Dec 2012
Alastair Sloan: 'dentists have already been practising regenerative medicine for about 80 years'.
Alastair Sloan, speaker at the 2012 BDA Christmas Lecture, describes a regenerative future for dentistry, the standing of UK dental research and his scientific heroes.