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Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition | 6+7/201502 UK NEWS IMPRINT PUBLISHER: Torsten OEMUS GROUPEDITOR/MANAGINGEDITORDTAP&UK: Daniel ZIMMERMANN newsroom@dental-tribune.com CLINICALEDITOR: Magda WOJTKIEWICZ ONLINEEDITOR: Claudia DUSCHEK ASSISTANTEDITORS: Anne FAULMANN, Kristin HÜBNER COPYEDITORS: Sabrina RAAFF, Hans MOTSCHMANN PRESIDENT/CEO: Torsten OEMUS CFO/COO: Dan WUNDERLICH MEDIASALESMANAGERS: Matthias DIESSNER Peter WITTECZEK Maria KAISER Melissa BROWN Weridiana MAGESWKI Hélène CARPENTIER Antje KAHNT MARKETING&SALESSERVICES: Nicole ANDRAE ACCOUNTING: Karen HAMATSCHEK BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT: Claudia SALWICZEK EXECUTIVEPRODUCER: Gernot MEYER ADPRODUCTION: Marius MEZGER DESIGNER: Franziska DACHSEL INTERNATIONALEDITORIALBOARD: Dr Nasser Barghi, Ceramics, USA Dr Karl Behr, Endodontics, Germany Dr George Freedman, Esthetics, Canada Dr Howard Glazer, Cariology, USA Prof.DrI.Krejci,ConservativeDentistry,Switzerland Dr Edward Lynch, Restorative, Ireland Dr Ziv Mazor, Implantology, Israel Prof. Dr Georg Meyer, Restorative, Germany Prof. Dr Rudolph Slavicek, Function, Austria Dr Marius Steigmann, Implantology, Germany PublishedbyDTI. 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The publishers also do not assume responsibility for product names or claims,orstatementsmadebyadvertisers.Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of DentalTribune International. Scan this code to subscribe our weekly Dental Tribune UK e-newsletter. By DTI EDINBURGH, UK: Since its first publication in 1997, Paediatric Dentistry by Prof. Richard Wel- bury has become the standard textbook for all dentists working with children in the UK and Ire- land. For this and other contri- butions to the field, the former paediatric dentistry professor from Glasgow received the first ever Scottish Health Award in the ca- tegory “dentist”. Welbury beat fellow nominees Drew Gibson of Bearsden Dental Care and Roger Levie from Ha- milton in Lanarkshire in the new category, which was announced this year. “I didn’t even know I had been nominated until I got the call saying I was a finalist,” he told the Daily Record newspaper. Organised annually in partner- ship with NHS Scotland and the Scottish government, the Scottish HealthAwardshavebeenheldsince 2010. They recognise individuals in categories such as “innovation” and “healthier lifestyle”. Sixteen professionals were acknowledged with this year’s awards, which were celebrated at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh on 4 November. Inadditiontohisachievementsas an author, Welbury was recognised for his work on guidelines on pro- tection of children against abuse. Herecentlyretiredfromhisposition of Professor of Paediatric Dentistry at Glasgow Dental Hospital that he held since 2001. Prior to that, he workedasaregionalconsultantand senior clinical lecturer at Newcastle University,hisalmamater. Welbury has served as president of both the British Society of Pae- diatric Dentistry and the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry. In July, he chaired the 25th Con- gress of the International Associa- tion of Paediatric Dentistry, which was held in Glasgow. By DTI LONDON, UK: The previous season sawPremierLeaguerevenuessoarto anewrecordofmorethan£3.5billion. It seems that little of this money is spent on dental care, however, as a newstudybyresearchersatUCLEast- man Dental Institute has revealed that many players throughout Eng- land’sthreetop-tierdivisionspresent withvariousformsoforaldisease. Accordingtothepaperpublished in the latest edition of the British JournalofSportsMedicine,overone- thirdofplayerswhounderwentoral healthexaminationswerefoundto havedentaldecayandeverysecond player exhibited signs of tooth wear. Periodontal disease was less prevalent, with one in 20 suffering from severe or moderate forms of thecondition. The study involved 184 players from the Premier League (includ- ing record champion Manchester United), as well as Championship and League One. The researchers examined the teeth and gingivae of 90 per cent of members of each senior squad and asked the players how they think oral disease affects their quality of life and overall per- formance. The majority of players surveyed regarded dental or gingi- val problems as having little influ- ence on their overall performance on the pitch. One on five players, however, responded that oral health-related pain has affected theirqualityoflife. “Oral health is an area where many athletes have greater prob- lems than the general population so it has been a massive achieve- ment for so many professional football clubs to collaborate with each other to help us understand the scale of this problem better,” commented West Ham United’s HeadofMedicalandSportsScience Stijn Vandenbroucke, whose club participated in the study. “Being partofthisstudyhasalsohelpedus as a club to implement tailored in- terventions to treat and prevent furtherproblems.” West Ham regularly conducts preventive interventions with a dentistintheoff-andpre-season. “Wearepleasedthatclubssuchas West Ham are already embracing the findings and building on their existing interventions by placing oral health care at the forefront of their medical agenda,” Dr Ian Needleman, Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Evidence-Informed Healthcare at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, said. “We hope that other teams follow their lead and intro- duce robust oral health screening and promotion as a routine element oftheirprogrammes.” Professional footballers score low in oral health survey A significant percentage of England’s footballers are affected by dental diseases. 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