Dentistry News

Working could be bad for your teeth

With British adults working increasingly long hours at the office and juggling the demands of family life, it seems that certain important tasks such as visiting the dentist or cosmetic dentistry specialist fall to the bottom of the to-do list.

Recent research from the British Dental Health Foundation has found that, despite the fact that two million people have taken days off work due to poor oral health over the past five years, less than half (43 per cent) of British workers are allowed to take paid time away from their job to visit the dentist.

As a result, nearly a third visited a dental health professional in their own time or took holiday when a visit was required, while 13 per cen...