Health stories from around the world this week include how breast cancer patients who suffer bad side effects from drug treatment are less at risk of the disease recurring. Also a friendly bacteria that helps elderly immune systems and how you can stop 'gagging' during dental treatment.
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Do you have troublesome teeth but can't get treated by an NHS dentist? Jill Papworth bought an insurance policy for her family - and saved the best part of £1,000
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A THREE-year expansion programme for dental services throughout Western Cheshire has resulted in an extra 30 NHS dentists providing access to treatment.
Working with dental practices from Malpas to Frodsham and Neston to Tarporley, the region’s Primary Care Trust (PCT) can ensure its population can now access NHS dental services no matter where they live.
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For anyone who's scared of the dentist, the future looks bright. Professor Nairn Wilson, head of the Dental Institute at King's College, London, says: 'There are things in the pipeline that will revolutionise the way we care for our teeth.' Here, he helps LUCY ELKINS discover what could be in place in the dentist's surgery within the next few years.
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Elderly people are suffering because of poor access to dentistry services, experts say.
Improvements in dental care following the creation of the NHS mean that many pensioners have kept their own teeth.
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THE cost of adding fluoride to Bolton’s water is to be examined by health bosses.
Primary Care Trust chiefs in Bolton have agreed to allow regional chiefs to examine the issue more closely.
Bolton was one of three towns in Greater Manchester which had not asked NHS North-west to produce a fluoridation plan, but the Primary Care Trust board has now officially submitted its request.
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A SURGERY has been ordered to stop calling a dentist `doctor' in adverts for facial surgery because it is 'misleading'.
The private Woodvale Clinic in Knutsford used dentist John W Stowall's honorary title in a magazine advert offering 'a comprehensive range of services to achieve an improved youthful and attractive appearance', including 'facial fillers and lip enhancements'.
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Dentists are 'exploiting' the NHS by inviting healthy patients for needless check-ups to maximise their profits, the Government has said.
Chief dental officer Dr Barry Cockroft accused dentists of advising patients to return every six months when official guidance says check-ups are only required every two years.
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The Department of Health is planning a crackdown on dentists who have been "exploiting" the system to maximise their incomes, denying thousands of patients access to treatment, The Independent has learnt. Dentists recall healthy patients for checks too frequently and divide courses of treatment to trigger extra payments, it is alleged.
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ROT’S HAPPENED HERE? An example of teeth affected by fluorosis, in the mouth of a fifteen-year-old girl submitted picture
“Children in Cumbria have some of the worst teeth in the country – and children from deprived backgrounds have the worst of all.
Yet youngsters from the West Midlands, where water has been fluoridated for around 40 years, have better than average dental health.
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Mouth washes really do put a stop to bad breath, a new study has found.
The first systematic review on the effectiveness of mouth washes and rinses shows that they play an important role in reducing levels of the bacteria and chemicals that cause mouth odours.
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FORMER Atomic Kitten singer Liz McClarnon urged children to brush regularly and go for dental check-ups over the weekend.
The Merseyside starlet was the special guest at Dental Showcase, the highlight of the dental world’s calendar. She admitted to once being “terrified” of trips to the dentist, but her mother got round that by offering music tapes by PJ and Duncan – the Tyneside teen pop duo now better known as Ant and Dec – as consolation
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About 130,000 homes in Cumbria are supplied by water containing added fluoride – and soon that number could be increased.
Health bosses in the county are considering introducing fluoride into more of the reservoirs providing our drinking water.
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PLANS to add fluoride to the water supply have won initial backing from seven out of 10 Greater Manchester's health trusts.
Manchester, Bury, Trafford, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport and Ashton, Leigh and Wigan primary care trusts have all asked regional health chiefs to produce a fluoridation plan to improve the dental health of thousands of children.
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HEALTH bosses have decided they would like the option of adding fluoride to more water supplies in Cumbria to be explored further.
Already around 130,000 people in West Cumbria receive fluoridated water but a possible extension of the scheme could mean Carlisle, Penrith, Barrow, Kendal and surrounding areas are also included.
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Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Here he tackles fibromyalgia and mercury fillings while breastfeeding...
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THE world's first inflatable mobile dental surgery arrives in Liverpool this week.
It means potential patients can book a consultation and have X-rays before travelling to Hungary for cheaper treatment.
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HEALTH chiefs will be told today that adding fluoride to water supplies in more parts of Cumbria would be illegal.
Around 130,000 people in West Cumbria already receive fluoridated water but the NHS Cumbria board are set to decide whether to make plans that could lead to fluoridation in South Cumbria.
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Ricky Gervais is the first to admit that his teeth are neither white nor straight - and Americans mistakenly think he wears bad false teeth for comedic purposes. Why the dental divide?
British teeth are not like American teeth.
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What's on your shopping list this week? Milk? Orange juice? Bread? I'll tell you what's on mine - a full dental check-up.
It's 8.15am on a Monday morning and I'm in Sainsbury's. I'm lying on my back, my face inches from a man in a surgical mask and rubber gloves.
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