"Across the nation, more children are entering ERs for preventable tooth problems. Dentists, hygienists, and researchers attributed that trend to a shortage of pediatric dental care professionals in rural areas and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dental-care-emergency-rooms-special-needs-medicaid-shortage-areas/

#healthcare #OralHealth #dentists #dental #medicaid #RuralHealth #PublicHealth #fluoride

Poorer Households Increasingly Forced to Use Private #Dentists

#Canary

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/03/09/private-dentists/

What? Private "health care" is a private profit, before public health, seeking business? Who the heck knew! This is also an example of out of touch #politics

#Dentists return £900m after failing to see #NHS patients - #BBC #News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwwvnp7z8o

> Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwwvnp7z8o

Shameful. Dentists should hang their heads in shame!

So many dentists now only take on private patients, with current NHS patients often having to travel hundreds of miles to get treatment on the NHS, if they can get it at all, yet we read millions of pounds are unspent.

Is this in a bid to privitise the entire service that only the rich can afford?

I repeat: dentists should hang their heads in shame!

#NHS #DentistsForAll #Dentists #UK #Privitisation #ProtectOurNHS

"In a three-part series this week, CIDRAP News is investigating the overuse of antibiotics in dentistry, including changes that dentists and consumers can make to reduce the risk of harm.

Although 10% to 15% of dental antibiotics prescriptions are written for people with current infections, the rest are prescribed to people before or after a dental procedure “just in case” an infection develops, said Katie J. Suda, PharmD, a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Research by Suda and her colleagues found that 80% of such preventive dental antibiotics are inappropriate.”
#antibiotics #health #dentists
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/how-avoid-inappropriate-dental-antibiotics

Deyanov Dental Practice

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/02/10/deyanov-dental-practice/

My son has been having some issues with one of his remaining wisdom teeth. Clearly, insufficient wisdom has been extracted to date.

Anyhow, he came back from the dentist this morning with his mouth very numb from the anaesthetic - and was immediately challenged to say “antithesis”.

The results were hilarious…

#dentists