BSP Live on Radio!
04.08.2016 NewsRadio Kent contacted our President, Phil Ower, this morning requesting a live radio interview about the amount of interest generated by the press coverage of the debate "to floss or not to floss". With less than a hour's notice the call went out and Professor Francis Hughes rose to the challenge. He was the only person interviewed on the subject and was on air answering a barrage of questions from the show's host Julia George. You can hear the interview at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0417szw (10.50am).
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The flossing controversy continues in the UK daily papers
03.08.2016 NewsThis week has seen a renewed interest in the thorny subject of flossing. Our statement follows - this shows the BSP's position on the flossing debate...
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Clinical Fellowship Award - Report
28.07.2016 NewsReena Wadia was one of our 2016 Clincial Fellowship Award winners and has recently returned from her trip to Boston where as she says, she had a fantastic learning experience. Her report can be viewed here.
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BBC’s Hugh Pym with a BSP mouthie!
26.07.2016 NewsWe are delighted that the BBC's Hugh Pym was spotted sporting a BSP mouthie to raise awareness for gum disease! #howsyoursmile
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Our patient film on gum disease hits Europe!
25.07.2016 NewsOur film 'The Sound of Periodontitis' is now being used and translated across Europe. It powerfully shows the patient perspective on gum disease. It's well worth watching and sharing if you haven't already!
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BSP Gum Health Campaign Controversy
24.07.2016 NewsIn the latest BDJ (22 July 2016) there is a letter expressing concern about the tactics of the BSP gum health campaign. To read this, and our response, please click on the 'More' button below:
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Interested in the history of periodontology?
21.07.2016 NewsProfessor Iain Chapple, immediate past President of the BSP, delivered the BDA Lillian Lindsay Lecture 2016 at the British Dental Conference on the past 50 years of periodontology. This can be viewed on the 'Periodontal Diseases' page or by clicking here...
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Gwyneth Roberts
14.07.2016 NewsNews of the death on 7th July of Gwyneth Roberts was received yesterday. Gwyneth Roberts was a member of the Society for many years and a regular attender of BSP meetings. She retired as a Consultant in 1991 in Leeds where she had been Director of the Dental Hygiene Programme. She was highly respected within the school and by her colleagues and graduates of the school and is remembered fondly by many of the Society’s members. She retired initially to Bristol and finally to Cambridgeshire to be nearer her family. Her funeral takes place today in Cambridge.
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Evolving Perspectives
13.06.2016 NewsRobyn Metcalf of The Dentist reports on the BSP 2016 Spring Meeting in Oxford
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