The Oral Health Podcast

Salivary gland cancers are rare, affecting just 5 people out of one million, but it's just as important to raise awareness of this often misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition.

Learn more about salivary gland cancer by visiting https://www.salivaryglandcancer.uk/

Get involved with Mouth Cancer Action Month on social media using the hashtag #MouthCancerAction

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There is a lot of clever branding on oral health products that can make you think you need the £25 toothpaste or the £500 toothbrush. In reality, whilst sometimes it's great to splurge on a luxury product, the basics can do just fine for most people.

We break down the key things to ensure your oral health products have, so when you look at the no-frills options you know you're still getting a good quality product.

Gillian Howie, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), joins us to talk about the challenges of accessing dental care when you have a disability, as well as some of the joys she experiences as a special care dentist.

Thank you to Oral B for making this conversation happen.

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40% of adults in the UK don’t go to the dentist regularly because it’s too expensive.

That’s just not acceptable. We need to work on improving the NHS contract and making it fairer for everyone.

This is the final episode in our 10 part miniseries on our oral health manifesto. Read our full oral health manifesto here: https://www.dentalhealth.org/manifesto2024

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We need to expand dental school places, improve career development in dentistry, and better utilise existing skills within the wider team. We also need to think about how to make dentistry more appealing option for young people.

This is episode 9 in our 10 part miniseries about our oral health manifesto. Read our full oral health manifesto here: https://www.dentalhealth.org/manifesto2024

Creating a healthcare system that acknowledges good oral health leads to a healthier society, can cut costs and lessens the burden on health services.

It’s a no-brainer.

This is part 8 in our 10 part miniseries about our oral health manifesto. Read our full oral health manifesto here: https://www.dentalhealth.org/manifesto2024

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Changing the rules around buying tobacco so that no one born after 2009 will be able to purchase it will mean that we are taking proactive steps to save the health of the next generations.

This is part 6 in our 10 part miniseries about our oral health manifesto. Read our full oral health manifesto here: https://www.dentalhealth.org/manifesto2024

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Water fluoride programmes are already in place in some parts of the country - we happen to be from two of them - and we see the difference they can make on your oral health. This is a no-brainer, we should be encouraging the rollout of a universal water fluoridation program.

This is part 2 in our 10 part miniseries. Come back every day in the lead-up until the 4th of July.

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Our team have been fortunate enough to sit down with Dr David Shiers, an honourary research consultant for the psychosis research unit and retired GP, and Angela Halfpenny, manager and oral health lead at The Larkins care home, to talk about severe mental illness and oral health.

David is a carer for his daughter Mary who has schizophrenia and a learning disability, and talks openly about the poor experiences he saw his daughter...