{"id":673,"date":"2017-07-31T11:31:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T10:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/?p=673"},"modified":"2017-07-31T11:31:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T10:31:34","slug":"dental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/dental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dental Health Special Report Published in The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is dental health critical to us all?<\/p>\n<p>Despite the importance of dental health too many people still neglect their teeth and gums. This week, a Dental Health Special Report was published in The Times. The report explores teaching children about oral health. It also looks at shock advertising used by some dental brands and the USA lead phenomenon of teeth whitening.<\/p>\n<p>The report is published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raconteur.net\/dental-health-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raconteur<\/a> and is in association with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oral Health Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Dental Health<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-675 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dental health\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-860x574.jpg 860w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-680x454.jpg 680w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/drbenatkins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6S3A4175.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There is a\u00a0feature article about shock tactics\u00a0in advertising. In the article\u00a0I make the point that these adverts often have the reverse effect to that intended. So, it is a good thing to get the public\u00a0thinking about oral health care. However we need to ensure the messages are both correct and informative.<\/p>\n<p>There are some great charts and infographics in the report. Also, my colleague at the OHF, Dr Nigel Carter, talks about Children&#8217;s oral healthcare &#8211; a passion of mine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is dental health critical to us all? Despite the importance of dental health too many people still neglect their teeth and gums. This week, a Dental Health Special Report was published in The Times. The report explores teaching children about oral health. It also looks at shock advertising used by some dental brands and the USA lead phenomenon of teeth whitening. The report is published by Raconteur and is in association with the Oral Health Foundation Dental Health There is a\u00a0feature article about shock tactics\u00a0in advertising. In the article\u00a0I make the point that these adverts often have the reverse effect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dental Health Special Report is published in The Times newspaper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"dental health was the subject of a Special Report published by Raconteur in the Times at the end of July 2017 in association with the Oral Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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