FDS Press Releases and Statements

2018

June

Dentists welcome Childhood Obesity Plan update 

2016

September

• Comment on NHS dental statistics
• Faculty of Dental Surgery awards over £150,000 in research grants

August

• Comment on the medical benefits of dental flossing
• Obesity plan 'missed opportunity'

June

• 'Cake culture' putting office workers' health at risk warns dental leader

May

• Almost a quarter of 5 year old children suffering tooth decay with significant regional variation

April

• Response: £140m spent by hospitals on treating tooth decay in 5 years

March

• Chancellor announces new sugar levy on soft drinks in his Budget

January

• FDS Dean comments on letter in Daily Telegraph

2015

• Research grants available to improve children’s oral health
• Comment on sugar tax and Public Health England report
• Comment on children's oral health in special support schools
• Surgical and dental experts comment on possible evidence
• NHS dental statistics reveal a decade of inertia
• FDS response to recommendation to reduce sugar consumption
• FDS alarmed by nine-fold variation in hospital admissions for dentistry
• New data show nearly 40% of children do not see a dentist per year
• Leading healthcare professionals call for safer delivery for dental patients
• Letter to Editor published in The Telegraph 6 April 2015
• Response to today's Children's Dental Health (CDH) Survey
• FDS gives evidence in Parliamentary inquiry on childrens oral health
• Children hospitalised unnecessarily from tooth decay expert warn
• Response to Labour's proposed approach for reducing children's sugar consumption

2014

• Dental health indicators to be included in NHS outcomes framework
• FDS response to NHS quarterly dental statistics
• GDC changes position on bleaching teeth for under-18s
• FDS supports PHE publication "Delivering Better Oral Health" Guidance