Brenda Barrett reveals what motivated Pembroke Dental to enter the 2014 Irish Dentistry Awards, and why the practice is now on a roll We won an Irish Dentistry award in 2012 and 2014, so you might think we have a formula for success – but we don’t! Along with all the normal standards and constraints … Continued
More than half (61%) of Irish say they are disgusted by other people’s bad breath caused by plaque. A nationwide survey conducted by Oral-B also noted that seven out of 10 (67%) people don’t check their own plaque levels. In fact, 91% of Irish people don’t even know how. Unfortunately, this means a drastic plaque … Continued
Boots Ireland has raised €205,000 in aid of the Irish Cancer Society and won Best Corporate Charity Partnership at the Fundraising Ireland Awards. The money will pay for 586 nights of care throughout the country, providing free nursing services for cancer patients in their own homes. Boots Ireland supports a number of key awareness campaigns … Continued
A team of US scientists has discovered how to use wavelengths of light to regenerate broken or damaged teeth. The team used a low-power laser to trigger human dental stem cells to form dentine. David Mooney, Wyss Instititue core faculty member, hopes this different approach to regeneration will be ‘easier to get into the hands … Continued
Red wine could help ward off dental diseases, researchers have discovered. Researchers dipped biofilm models of dental disease-causing bacteria in red wine, alcohol-free red wine, red wine with grape seed extract, water and 12% ethanol. Both the alcoholic and non-alcoholic wine successfully eliminated the bacteria. It was also noted that polyphenols from tea and cranberries … Continued
Want to win the trip of a lifetime? Fill out our survey of Irish dental professionals and you could be attending the Greater New York Dental Meeting later this year. FMC, publisher of Irish Dentistry, is undertaking the biggest survey in recent times to find out where general dentistry is going in terms of practice … Continued
A study in the US has investigated triggering stem cells to regenerate tissue using laser treatment
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