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Dentistry

March 2024

  • George Washington's teeth.

    Shock of the old
    Shock of the old: 10 rotten and repugnant artefacts from dental history

    From Mesopotamian mouth worms to hippo ivory dentures, the history of tooth care is long, winding and often gruesome

January 2024

  • Jan Mokrzycki

    Other lives
    Jan Mokrzycki obituary

    Other lives: Dentist and president of the Federation of Poles in Great Britain who campaigned for the rights of the UK Polish community to receive wartime compensation from Germany

November 2023

  • Arnold Franks

    Other lives
    Arnold Franks obituary

    Other lives: Quietly revolutionary dental surgeon who pioneered research into services for disabled people and the elderly

September 2023

  • Uni Guide 2024 "Subject Tables"

    University Guide 2024
    Best UK universities for dentistry – league table

    Dentists study prevention, detection, management and treatment of oral and dental diseases, and the maintenance of oral and dental health

August 2023

  • A dentist works on a patient at a clinic in Istanbul, Turkey

    Science Weekly
    Summer picks: what’s the reality behind the ‘Love Island smile’? – podcast

    As the 10th series of the ITV show finishes, viewers may have noticed the perfectly straight, white teeth of the contestants. But are there risks associated with achieving a flawless smile? In this episode from January 2023, Madeleine Finlay speaks to dentist Paul Woodhouse about some of the dangers of dental tourism

November 2022

  • Fangtastic.

    Notes and queries
    Why do cats, dogs and other carnivores have far neater and straighter teeth than humans?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

September 2022

  • Guardian University Guide 2023  Online 01 Holding Image

    University Guide 2023
    Best UK universities for dentistry – league table

    Dentists study prevention, detection, management and treatment of oral and dental diseases, and the maintenance of oral and dental health

August 2022

  • Dentist in gloves examining teeth of young female patient at clinic.

    Delay in resolving complaints is worsening patient access to dentists

    Letter: Morale in the profession and patient care is being affected by cases that remain unresolved, writes John Makin, the head of the Dental Defence Union

May 2022

  • A patient in a dentist’s chair.

    Time to reverse the decay in NHS dentistry

  • Tony Brooks driving for Vanwall at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in 1958.

    Tony Brooks obituary

April 2022

  • Dentist examining a patient's teeth

    British dentistry is in a rotten state

    Letter: Jaw infections are not uncommon and many patients are left in a void of pain and inaction, writes Ian Moutter

December 2021

  • Ruth Freeman

    Other lives
    Ruth Freeman obituary

    Other lives: Professor of dental public health research and psychoanalytic psychotherapist

August 2021

  • Student holding dental jaw model and mirror

    Dental students in England offered £10,000 to switch university

  • The education secretary, Gavin Williamson

    Grade inflation forces ministers to pay for extra medical school places

June 2021

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    We won’t fix the obesity epidemic by locking people’s jaws shut

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Mike Lennon

    Other lives
    Mike Lennon obituary

February 2021

  • Adrian Chiles

    Lockdown has slowed me down. So why can't I spare two minutes to clean my teeth?

    Adrian Chiles
    Apparently I have been cleaning them wrong all my life. Now I’m determined to brush my way to inner peace, says Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

September 2020

  • Male dentist with dental tools

    University Guide 2024
    University subject profile: dentistry

    Dentists study prevention, detection, management and treatment of oral and dental diseases, and the maintenance of oral health

August 2020

  • Students receive A-level results.

    English universities to honour admission offers 'where possible'

    Government to lift cap on student numbers for some courses and provide extra funding

April 2020

  • Don Sarll

    Other lives
    Don Sarll obituary

    Other lives: Dentist who ran his own practice and campaigned for wider fluoridation of water
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