Dental Health Week 2017: Anywhere, anytime


This year Dental Health Week, which runs from 7 to 13 August, has taken Oral Health For Busy Lives as its theme, with the aim of helping you to appreciate that, no matter how busy you are or where you are in life, it is possible to fit caring for your teeth and gums into an already-overcrowded diary. You may see caring for your teeth and gums as an optional extra, something to be put aside in favour of more pressing issues, but the fact is that it's vitally that you care for your teeth and gums every bit as much as anything else in life.



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Analysis of Neanderthal teeth grooves uncovers evidence of prehistoric dentistry


A discovery of multiple toothpick grooves on teeth and signs of other manipulations by a Neanderthal of 130,000 years ago are evidence of a kind of prehistoric dentistry, according to a new study researcher.


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Dentist Dr Sandra Meihubers details her work in Australia and Asia


I found myself as a final- year student in a remote area on the border of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, doing my dentistry on the veranda of a little health centre. It felt comfortable.


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The managing director of 1300SMILES has been recognised by the Queen in Papua New Guinea's 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List.


Ken Mulligan and Dr Daryl Holmes have both been awarded with the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). The award has been granted recognition of their leadership and personal commitment to the work that YWAM Medical Ships is doing in collaboration with national and …


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1300 Smiles Limited is back on an acquisitive trail


Dental business aggregator and widely fancied small-cap growth stock 1300 Smiles Limited (ASX: ONT) announced deals to acquire two new dentists in New South Wales today.


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Dental dominates extras claims at Medibank


Dental services worth more than half a billion dollars account for almost half of the extras claims made by customers of private health insurance giant Medibank, latest figures show.


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Should sugary snacks feature cigarette-style health warnings?


Since October 2008, cigarette packs in the United Kingdom have been required to display pictorial health warnings highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco. Now, health officials want similar warnings to appear on packages of sweets.


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