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A national supervised toothbrushing programme should be rolled out in our schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children

University teams up with India to fight back against superbugs

Researchers in the UK and India are working in partnership to address an urgent need to stop dentists over-prescribing antibiotics.

Young child brushing teeth in a mirror

More work needed on children’s supervised toothbrushing programmes

Barriers to running supervised toothbrushing programmes for young children must be overcome if the UK government is to successfully tackle childhood tooth decay, researchers say.

Mr Asim Sheikh, Ruvimbo Kaviya, Lisa Ferrie and Mr Jiten Parmar stood together smiling at the camera.

Leeds surgeons perform UK-first brain tumour operation

A groundbreaking operation to remove a patient’s brain tumour through her eye socket has been performed in Leeds.

Participant Robin stands in front of a wall of portraits of him. He wears a realistic facial prosthesis that covers his eye and nose.

Trial participants with facial prostheses have portraits painted

Patients who wear facial prostheses after treatment for head and neck cancer have had their portraits painted to illustrate the physical and psychological impact of living with a facial difference.

A teenager holding their phone in their hands.

Text messages 'help improve teen tooth health'

Text message reminders can help improve toothbrushing habits in teenagers, particularly those from low-income families, a new study has shown.

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