“In March 2019 I travelled with Dentaid to South Africa to volunteer my time as a dental hygiene and therapist to a small community in need. After a gruelling 28 hour journey and landing in the South African city of George we travelled to a local community called Melkhoutfontein. This area was originally a waste
Increasing spend on dental treatment as sugar consumption rises worldwide
Research published in the International Journal of Dental Research relating to studies on worldwide data on sugar consumption shows a significant correlation between this and an increasing trend in the need for dental treatment. It has shown that if we lower our sugar consumption to the 50g per day as recommended by the World Health Organisation, we