A NEW toothbrushing programme is to launch in St Helens amid concerns over high levels of tooth decay among children. The initiative, supported by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, aims to tackle the ...

In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis with results published in the Journal of American Medical Association, findings emerged suggesting a mundane practice—toothbrushing—could play a pivotal ...

Supervised toothbrushing is being rolled out at schools in a big win for the Mirror’s Dentists for All campaign. Hundreds of thousands of three to five-year-olds living in poorer areas will be ...

A new toolkit to increase supervised toothbrushing for younger children aims to address health equalities caused by tooth decay. New toolkit for supervised toothbrushing programmes aims to address ...

A new study examined whether daily toothbrushing among hospitalized patients is associated with lower rates of hospital-acquired pneumonia and other outcomes. Researchers have found an inexpensive ...

A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine explored the clinical impact of daily toothbrushing on the incidence of HAP and its outcomes. Study: Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital ...

Supervised toothbrushing began as part of the trial in the south west of England in 2023 and it has been heralded as a ...

Researchers have found an inexpensive tool that may help reduce rates of pneumonia for hospitalized patients—and it comes with bristles on one end. A new study by investigators from Brigham and ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Daily toothbrushing was associated with lower rates of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and intensive care unit (ICU ...