Monthly Archives: November 2013

Improving gum health may reduce heart risk – the evidence continues to roll in.

Researchers at Columbia University in New York suggest that if you look after your gums, you could also be reducing your risk of heart disease. They claim that improving dental care slows the speed with which plaque builds up in the arteries.
the same bacteria that cause dental plaque can escape from the mouth into the bloodstream and trigger clots.

Intra-oral cameras are great – but apparently not good enough for everyone.

This piece was inspired by a conversation on Facebook with someone I have never met who was getting excited about having an intra oral camera. I bought my first intra-oral camera 21 years ago, I bought the second at exactly the same time, with the same order, on the same invoice. Compared with today’s camerasContinue reading “Intra-oral cameras are great – but apparently not good enough for everyone.”

The Weekend Read – The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

There are very few books that have led to the author’s name becoming a byword for cunning, amoral and opportunistic behaviour. Yet what has led this particular book, written in 1513 and thus celebrating its quincentenary this year, to be so revered and used as a reference? The author was a diplomat and politician whoContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli”