The full, desperate state of dental care across the country can be revealed today. (mirror)
Half the population has received no dental care on the NHS in the last two years.And thousands of suffering patients are turning up at hospital emergency departments for treatment because they cannot find an NHS dentist. Shocking figures seen by the Daily Mail suggest there have been 27,000 more hospital admissions since the Government bungled the introduction of a new contract for dentists. (more…)
This report states that women who have recurrent yeast infections may be infected by oral sex, not by re-infection by their male partners. The risk of developing multiple episodes of itching and burning from yeast was higher in women who receive oral sex. Receiving oral sex had an association with increased risk of recurrent yeast infections at a three times higher rate. Thus oral sex may increase a woman’s risk of developing symptoms if she is carrying Candida and her immune system interacts with her partner’s saliva, resulting in a yeast infection. Journal of Women’s Health 12/03, Woman Dentist Journal pg 16 2/04
