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New initiative to tackle tooth decay in secondary school pupils

Researchers from the Universities of Sheffield, Cardiff, Leeds, York and Dundee conducted the BRIGHT trial to investigate a new school-based intervention aimed at reducing dental cavities in young people
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 51²è¹Ý¶ù

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