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Do you have an opinion or some- thing to say on any Dental Tribune UK article? Or would you like to write your own opinion for our guest comment page? If so don’t hesitate to write to: The Editor, Dental Tribune UK Ltd, 4th Floor, Treasure House, 19-21 Hatton Garden, London, EC1 8BA Or email: lisa@dentaltribuneuk.com Editorial comment Duraphat 50 mg/ml Dental Suspension. Active ingredients: 1ml of suspension contains 50mg Sodium Fluoride equivalent to 22.6mg of Fluoride (22,600ppm F) Indications: Prevention of caries, desensitisation of hypersensitive teeth. Dosage and administration: Recommended dosage for single application: for milk teeth: up to 0.25ml (=5.65mg Fluoride), for mixed dentition: up to 0.40ml (=9.04 Fluoride), for permanent dentition: up to 0.75ml (=16.95 Fluoride). For caries prophylaxis the application is usually repeated every 6 months but more frequent applications (every 3 months) may be made. For hypersensitivity, 2 or 3 applications should be made within a few days. Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to colophony and/or any other constituents. Ulcerative gingivitis. Stomatits. Bronchial asthma. Special warnings and special precautions for use: If the whole dentition is being treated the application should not be carried out on an empty stomach. On the day of application other high fluoride preparations such a fluoride gel should be avoided. Fluoride supplements should be suspended for several days after applying Duraphat. Interactions with other medicines: The presence of alcohol in the Duraphat formula should be considered. Undesirable effects: Oedematous swelling has been observed in subjects with tendency to allergic reactions.The dental suspension layer can easily be removed from the mouth by brushing and rinsing. In rare cases, asthma attacks may occur in patients who have bronchial asthma. Legal classification: POM. Product licence number: PL 00049/0042. Product licence holder: Colgate-Palmolive (U.K.) Ltd, Guildford Business Park, Middleton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 8JZ. Price: £22.70 exclVAT (10ml tube) Date of revision of text: July 2008. 1 Marinho et al. (2002); Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. no3. 2 Delivering Better Oral Health - An evidence-based toolkit for prevention, Second Edition, Department of Health, July 2009. In surgery treatment for caries prevention Clinically proven caries efficacy1 – 33% reduction in dmfs – 46% reduction in DMFT  Quick and easy application Temporary light tint for visual control  Duraphat® Dental Suspension FluorideVarnish ® ® lighter tint New www.colgateprofessional.co.uk Applying fluoride varnish containing 22,600ppm F is a recommended intervention in ‘Delivering Better Oral Health – An evidence-based toolkit for prevention’2 ® T he Harley Street Centre for Endodontics is launching the Young Dentist Endo- dontic Award 2012. Marking the 10th Anniversary of the centre, the award is open to any young dentist who graduated in the last three years, whether they are in their Foundation Year or just start- ing out on their career. Applicants are invited to submit a case report of their best endodontic treatment so far. An application form can be downloaded from: www.roottreat- mentuk.com. Julian Webber, founder of the Harley Street Centre for Endo- dontics, said: “We hope this award will inspire and encourage young dentists to develop skills in one of the most complex of primary care procedures. While endodontics is taught at dental school and prac- tised by new graduates during their Foundation training, acquir- ing the confidence to carry out the procedure as well as managing patients is challenging.” In addition to national recog- nition, there are five outstand- ing prizes. First prize is the new WaveOne Endodontic Motor, handpiece and accessories kit, from Dentsply UK and the second prize is a Morita Root ZX apex locator from Quality Endodontic Distributors(QED). Three further runners up will win a pair of en- do-benders from SybronEndo. The winner’s case report will be written up in a UK dental pub- lication and all successful appli- cants will be offered the opportu- nity to spend a day at the Harley Street Centre for Endodontics. The award will be presented at an event at the Royal Society of Medicine in October this year to celebrate the 10th anniversary year of the Harley Street Centre for Endodontics. The judging pan- el includes Dr Julian Webber and Dr Trevor Lamb, endodontists at the Centre, and Prof Andrew Eder of the UCL Eastman Dental Insti- tute. No names will be on the case reports so the judging can be un- dertaken anonymously. The application process is simple – dentists are asked to sub- mit details of one endodontic case which showcases their ability. The deadline for applications is 2 September 2012. DT New award for young dentists 3NewsMay 21-27, 2012United Kingdom Edition L ast week saw the launch of this year’s Nation- al Smile Month Campaign at the Houses of Parlia- ment. This year’s campaign is dif- ferent in that instead of hav- ing a specific theme, such as ‘two minutes twice a day’, the British Dental Health Founda- tion have launched the ‘smi- ley’; a smile on a stick that has had dental professionals all over the country having their picture taken and uploaded to various social media sites to show support and raise aware- ness for the campaign. The launch saw members of the dental sector brandish- ing their smileys and show- ing their support for Smile Month, now in its 36th year. Parliamentary sponsor Sir Paul Beresford opened the launch; and there were short presentations by BDHF Presi- dent John Siebert and Chief Exec Nigel Carter; as well as representatives of the cam- paign’s platinum sponsors Listerine, Proctor & Gamble and Wrigley. Let’s all support the campaign and get our smileys out there! DT