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Head and neck cancer screening

Rising rates of head and neck cancers in England

A new report from the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the Department of Health and Social Care, which analysed data from 2013 to 2020, found a significant increase in head and neck cancer.
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Text message reminders can help improve oral health in teenagers

New school-based initiatives including oral health lessons and text message reminders can help to improve tooth brushing habits in teenagers, particularly those from low-income families
A father and daughter look in the mirror as they brush their teeth

Government urged to expand sugar tax and ban energy drinks to under 16s to tackle children’s tooth decay crisis

Report co-author Zoe Marshman, Professor of Dental Public Health at the University of Sheffield, said: "Treatment for tooth decay is the most common reason why young children - over 33,000 youngsters each year - are admitted to hospital...
Ali Khurram, the new Dean of the School of Clinical Dentistry

Professor Ali Khurram appointed as new Dean of the School of Clinical Dentistry

First arriving in Sheffield in 2004 as an international PhD student, Professor Khurram went on to complete several clinical trainee roles before returning to the University of Sheffield in 2011.
Dentist training: mouth and teeth

String of grant successes within The School of Clinical Dentistry

Four colleagues from The School of Clinical Dentistry have all been awarded funding from the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Dental Surgery.
James Bird and Sarah Young

Building research careers at Sheffield

The School of Clinical Dentistry is supporting two primary care dentists who have just been awarded prestigious NIHR In-Practice Research Fellowships.
Heart

Dentists should give antibiotics to high-risk patients to help prevent life-threatening heart infection

This breakthrough study, led by Professor Martin Thornhill, provides compelling evidence of a significant and strong association between invasive dental procedures and the development of infective endocarditis, a potentially fatal condition.
Dental instruments

Help! I'm scared of the dentist

A lot of children are scared of the dentist. It can appear to be a strange environment full of unusual tools and unfamiliar smells. Children who are scared of the dentist feel worried and upset and may do anything to avoid going for treatment.
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Knowledge exchange grant awarded to develop gene edited tissue-engineered human skin

A team at the University of Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry have been awarded an industrially-sponsored knowledge exchange grant to develop gene edited tissue-engineered human skin.