Better oral health protects against viral infection – and with the winter approaching, this is especially important for the elderly. Here’s BioMin’s guide to home dental care for older patients and carers.

Endurance athletes need to consume huge amounts of calories to keep their energy up – often with damaging results to their teeth. Ultra-runner Carla Molinaro talks about how important her dental health is to her.

Ferranti Wong, Professor of Paediatric Dentistry at QMUL, suggests prevention is the key to turning the tide on levels of dental decay in children.

‘We have a unique opportunity arising out of the COVID-19 crisis to move things forward, put prevention centre on the agenda, both for the public and for the practitioners themselves, and to change towards a preventive and outcomes-related model, rather than the output-related model that they’ve had in the past.’

Dr Swati Nehete introduced BioMin® F to a huge online audience from 63 countries worldwide.

Inequality is the highest risk factor both for infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and for non-communicable diseases such as dental decay – and that has to be the focus of dental public health initiatives.

Water fluoridation is back on the government’s agenda – and it’s being strongly promoted by practising dentist and MP for Mole Valley, Surrey, Sir Paul Beresford. Together with Professor Mike Lennon of the British Fluoridation Society, Sir Paul has met with Health Secretary Matt Hancock to campaign to get fluoride introduced more widely into the water supply.

BioMin® toothpastes are medical devices and hold a CE mark, awarded by an independent Notified Body. What does the CE marking mean for the consumer?

Dental surgeries have been closed due to the pandemic, and even though restrictions are lifting, most are offering only a limited service. It’s therefore essential for new parents to take especially good care of their own oral health as well as that of their children.

Dental teams have a major role to play in promoting oral care in the pandemic, say top dental experts