ISSUE 3, VOL.6
Editor’s desk with Bruce Oxley
The F word Contents
The artificial fluoridation of public water supplies is one of those issues that is never going to go away. On one hand you have the scientific and dental community which is pretty unanimous in espousing the benefits to the nation’s oral health since the policy was introduced in the 1960s. On the other hand, you have the anti-fluoride campaigners whose main arguments revolve around the notion that the policy is mass medication without consent which,
they believe, is against human rights legislation.
The scientists and dental academics would argue that the evidence is pretty conclusive and the HRB has recently published a literature review that found no negative impact on general health (see news page 7).
However, when it comes to public opinion it can be difficult to fight through the noise created by emotive language and talk of human rights and “bodily integrity”.
NEWS> 05 Opinion with Dr John Barry
07 Fluoride review finds no negative impact
07 Dublin professor inducted to RIA
08 Unregistered dentist flees the country
08 IDA president’s sugary sports drinks warning
11 Researchers unveil ‘smart’ mouthguard
13 Former consultant wins erasure appeal
15 A sell-out success for Scottish Dental Show
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COLUMN> 17 Word of mouth - Paul O’Dwyer says dentistry in Ireland needs to be rebranded
FEATURES> 20 Interview: Ireland’s Chief Dental Officer Dr Dympna Kavanagh
26 Dentistry’s white collar crime
CLINICAL> 30 The role of irrigation in root canal treatment
35 Achieving optimal aesthetic results
40 Pixel perfect
PRODUCT NEWS> 49 All the latest products and services
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Welcome
At the last count, 13 Irish city or county councils have voted in favour of reversing legislation around water fluoridation since the start of 2014.
The IDA and the dental profession as a whole are pretty vocal when it comes to defending fluoridation, but is this message getting out to the public? It would seem not.
® Bruce Oxley is editor of Ireland’s Dental magazine. To contact Bruce, email
bruce@connectcommunications.co.uk
IRELAND’S DENTAL MAGAZINE June 2015
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