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Blow for dental health as EU doubts dairy benefits

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Ireland’s National Dairy Council (NDC) has failed to convince the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that dairy products promote dental health.

The NDC recently sought scientific substantiation by the EU of its health claim that dairy foods – milk and cheese – reduced dental caries development.

However, the EFSA considered that the foods for which the claim was made were not sufficiently characterised, e.g. nutritional composition and its variability between products were not provided, and that the evidence provided by the NDC was insufficient to establish a cause-effect relationship between consumption of milk and reduction of dental caries development in children.

The experts stated that there were ‘significant weaknesses’ in a study provided on the effect of one 5g piece of hard cheese consumed daily by children between the ages of seven and nine, which ‘limit its value as a source of data to substantiate a cause and effect relationship between the consumption of hard cheese and reduction of dental caries development in children’.

The EFSA concluded that, on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of milk or cheese and dental health in children.

Blow for dental health as EU doubts dairy benefits

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Ireland’s National Dairy Council (NDC) has failed to convince the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that dairy products promote dental health.

The NDC recently sought scientific substantiation by the EU of its health claim that dairy foods – milk and cheese – reduced dental caries development.

However, the EFSA considered that the foods for which the claim was made were not sufficiently characterised, e.g. nutritional composition and its variability between products were not provided, and that the evidence provided by the NDC was insufficient to establish a cause-effect relationship between consumption of milk and reduction of dental caries development in children.

The experts stated that there were ‘significant weaknesses’ in a study provided on the effect of one 5g piece of hard cheese consumed daily by children between the ages of seven and nine, which ‘limit its value as a source of data to substantiate a cause and effect relationship between the consumption of hard cheese and reduction of dental caries development in children’.

The EFSA concluded that, on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of milk or cheese and dental health in children.

Prepare to be shaken and stirred

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Growing your practice in a tough climate is the theme as keynote speaker and self-confessed ‘leadership junkie’ René Carayol addresses the Private Dentistry 2008 National Conference in November. We look at how he embraces times of change . . .

Inspirational speaker René Carayol is probably best known for his BBC series Pay Off Your Mortgage in 2 Years – television widened his audience – but he has been a huge hit on the speakers’ circuit for some years now – and deservedly so.

His TV appearances went on to include the critically acclaimed documentary for Channel 4 – The Man from the Met – on the challenges facing Sir John Stevens at the helm, and he is now a regular voice on Radio 5 Live and Talk Sport offering phone-in business advice.

But ultimately his pièce de résistance is his ability to turn around companies, and indeed, whole industries with just the power of his words – and the conviction in his delivery.

With a no-holds barred approach to addressing the captains of industry, he tackles his topic in a way that would make Alan Sugar proud.

Although to be fair, he is definitely no Alan Sugar. His delivery is less crusty, smoother, more polished with a huge display of natural charisma – but he has the same principles: he speaks as he finds.
/>‘Leaders are not born or made – they are found,’ says René.

Awarded an MBE in 2004 for his outstanding service to the business community, he says what he sees with an honesty that has been well received throughout business circles.

So successful have his addresses been, that an impressive list of blue-chip companies invite him back for more – and some have sought him in an advisory capacity, among them CBI, McKinsey & Co and Barclays.

He has also provided leadership support to the British Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit.

René’s impressive pre-speaking career equipped him with a strong core knowledge of the skills and attributes businesses thrive upon – serving as he did as an executive main board director for blue-chip companies and also within the public sector (where he is a former non-executive director of the
/>Inland Revenue).

Starting out as a buyer with Marks & Spencer in 1982 and rising through the ranks to Senior IT Manager and Executive, he was headhunted by Pepsi Co in 1992 and sat on the board of directors for Pizza Hut.

He then joined IPC Electric as Managing Director and took the business from the concept stage through to the acquisition by AOL Time Warner. He was the first black person and first IT Director to have ever sat on the IPC board.

As an author, he has produced two books – Corporate Voodoo in 2001 (now in its third edition) and the sequel, My Voodoo in 2003. René is a regular broadsheet columnist, most notably for The Guardian.
/>He is CEO of the Inspired Leaders Network (ILN) that was founded in 2000, and continues to be actively involved in public speaking.

On his website’s blog at www.carayol.com, René says ‘doing nothing is never an option’ from a leadership perspective.

He is certainly a man true to his word: having supposedly retired five-and-a-half years ago, René, 50
/>this month, now travels the globe conducting more than 100 inspirational talks a year.
/>
/>Q. Three words to describe yourself?
/>A. Confident, cosmopolitan and optimistic.
/>
/>Q. What family do you have?
/>A. I was born in Gambia – my mother passed away recently out there. My wife Yvonne died of cancer and, since then, I have been both mum and dad to my son (now 28) and daughter (18). I quickly discovered my wife had been the one who handled all the emotional problems and I’m probably a more rounded person for the dual role.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever get homesick when you’re travelling the world?
/>A. I never get homesick. If I’m away for more than three or four days, I fly my children out to be with me.
/>
/>Q. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
/>A. London, which is where I live (in Swiss Cottage, north west London). It’s the greatest city on the planet and it if wasn’t London, it would be New York. I love the mix. (Although born in Gambia, he has lived in London since he was three)
/>
/>Q. Who are you close to?
/>A. Apart from my two children, my PA, Jill Thorn, who has been with me for 16 years and knows me better than anyone else in the world. We complement each other – the secret of a good business relationship – with completely different skills and different areas of expertise. I worry about the things she doesn’t and vice versa.
/>(In return, Rene’s PA Jill says: ‘He has always been the most charismatic, inspirational boss: you can have a thoroughly bad day, but if you see René, you come away thinking that you can conquer the world.’)
/>
/>Q. How do you relax?
/>A. I’m a bit of a foodie. Cooking with my children is relaxation for me. The kitchen is the best place to relax. I’m also a lifelong Chelsea fan – a season ticket-holder – in the West Upper stand. I love the cinema and I listen to Radio 4 or Radio 5 Live.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever get nervous before public speaking?
/>A. No, it’s what I do. I recently ‘Googled’ Top 10 Fears.
/>Ironically, number one was ‘public speaking’ and number two was ‘going to the dentist’.
/>
/>Q. People you most admire within the business world?
/>A. Steve Jobs (co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc), Stuart Rose (M&S boss with a reputation for turning around struggling retailers), Sir Philip Green (billionaire owner of Bhs and the Arcadia Group) and Virgin boss Richard Branson.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever get fed up with your job?
/>A. Not at all. Do a job you love and you never work a day in your life.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever switch off your mobile?
/>A. No, but it’s always on silent and vibrate.
/>
/>Q. What three things would you take to a desert island?
/>A. A radio, my iPod (music-wise I like everything and anything, but especially soul) and my children.
/>
/>Q. What have been the highlights in your life so far – professionally and personally?
/>A. Promotion to the board of IPC in April 1995 and the birth of my children.
/>
/>Q. What’s the weirdest gig you’ve done?
/>A. I once did a talk at NASA in Houston which was a bit odd – and at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, I was lowered down from a helicopter to present the closing speech for an audience of 8,000 people! But the strangest must have been in Sun City in Johannesburg where I was on stage with two lions at a
/>conference for Barclays South Africa – funnily enough, none of the speakers overrun!
/>
/>Q. Is money the answer to everything?
/>A. No, but usually it’s the enabler to everything.

The Private Dentistry 2008 National Conference will be held on Thursday 27 November at The Hotel Russell, London. For further information about the Private Dentistry 2008 National Conference, please call Independent Seminars on o800 371652 or visit www.independentseminars.com.

Prepare to be shaken and stirred

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Growing your practice in a tough climate is the theme as keynote speaker and self-confessed ‘leadership junkie’ René Carayol addresses the Private Dentistry 2008 National Conference in November. We look at how he embraces times of change . . .

Inspirational speaker René Carayol is probably best known for his BBC series Pay Off Your Mortgage in 2 Years – television widened his audience – but he has been a huge hit on the speakers’ circuit for some years now – and deservedly so.

His TV appearances went on to include the critically acclaimed documentary for Channel 4 – The Man from the Met – on the challenges facing Sir John Stevens at the helm, and he is now a regular voice on Radio 5 Live and Talk Sport offering phone-in business advice.

But ultimately his pièce de résistance is his ability to turn around companies, and indeed, whole industries with just the power of his words – and the conviction in his delivery.

With a no-holds barred approach to addressing the captains of industry, he tackles his topic in a way that would make Alan Sugar proud.

Although to be fair, he is definitely no Alan Sugar. His delivery is less crusty, smoother, more polished with a huge display of natural charisma – but he has the same principles: he speaks as he finds.
/>‘Leaders are not born or made – they are found,’ says René.

Awarded an MBE in 2004 for his outstanding service to the business community, he says what he sees with an honesty that has been well received throughout business circles.

So successful have his addresses been, that an impressive list of blue-chip companies invite him back for more – and some have sought him in an advisory capacity, among them CBI, McKinsey & Co and Barclays.

He has also provided leadership support to the British Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit.

René’s impressive pre-speaking career equipped him with a strong core knowledge of the skills and attributes businesses thrive upon – serving as he did as an executive main board director for blue-chip companies and also within the public sector (where he is a former non-executive director of the
/>Inland Revenue).

Starting out as a buyer with Marks & Spencer in 1982 and rising through the ranks to Senior IT Manager and Executive, he was headhunted by Pepsi Co in 1992 and sat on the board of directors for Pizza Hut.

He then joined IPC Electric as Managing Director and took the business from the concept stage through to the acquisition by AOL Time Warner. He was the first black person and first IT Director to have ever sat on the IPC board.

As an author, he has produced two books – Corporate Voodoo in 2001 (now in its third edition) and the sequel, My Voodoo in 2003. René is a regular broadsheet columnist, most notably for The Guardian.
/>He is CEO of the Inspired Leaders Network (ILN) that was founded in 2000, and continues to be actively involved in public speaking.

n his website’s blog at www.carayol.com, René says ‘doing nothing is never an option’ from a leadership perspective.

He is certainly a man true to his word: having supposedly retired five-and-a-half years ago, René, 50
/>this month, now travels the globe conducting more than 100 inspirational talks a year.
/>
/>Q. Three words to describe yourself?
/>A. Confident, cosmopolitan and optimistic.
/>
/>Q. What family do you have?
/>A. I was born in Gambia – my mother passed away recently out there. My wife Yvonne died of cancer and, since then, I have been both mum and dad to my son (now 28) and daughter (18). I quickly discovered my wife had been the one who handled all the emotional problems and I’m probably a more rounded person for the dual role.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever get homesick when you’re travelling the world?
/>A. I never get homesick. If I’m away for more than three or four days, I fly my children out to be with me.
/>
/>Q. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
/>A. London, which is where I live (in Swiss Cottage, north west London). It’s the greatest city on the planet and it if wasn’t London, it would be New York. I love the mix. (Although born in Gambia, he has lived in London since he was three)
/>
/>Q. Who are you close to?
/>A. Apart from my two children, my PA, Jill Thorn, who has been with me for 16 years and knows me better than anyone else in the world. We complement each other – the secret of a good business relationship – with completely different skills and different areas of expertise. I worry about the things she doesn’t and vice versa.
/>(In return, Rene’s PA Jill says: ‘He has always been the most charismatic, inspirational boss: you can have a thoroughly bad day, but if you see René, you come away thinking that you can conquer the world.’)
/>
/>Q. How do you relax?
/>A. I’m a bit of a foodie. Cooking with my children is relaxation for me. The kitchen is the best place to relax. I’m also a lifelong Chelsea fan – a season ticket-holder – in the West Upper stand. I love the cinema and I listen to Radio 4 or Radio 5 Live.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever get nervous before public speaking?
/>A. No, it’s what I do. I recently ‘Googled’ Top 10 Fears.
/>Ironically, number one was ‘public speaking’ and number two was ‘going to the dentist’.
/>
/>Q. People you most admire within the business world?
/>A. Steve Jobs (co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc), Stuart Rose (M&S boss with a reputation for turning around struggling retailers), Sir Philip Green (billionaire owner of Bhs and the Arcadia Group) and Virgin boss Richard Branson.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever get fed up with your job?
/>A. Not at all. Do a job you love and you never work a day in your life.
/>
/>Q. Do you ever switch off your mobile?
/>A. No, but it’s always on silent and vibrate.
/>
/>Q. What three things would you take to a desert island?
/>A. A radio, my iPod (music-wise I like everything and anything, but especially soul) and my children.
/>
/>Q. What have been the highlights in your life so far – professionally and personally?
/>A. Promotion to the board of IPC in April 1995 and the birth of my children.
/>
/>Q. What’s the weirdest gig you’ve done?
/>A. I once did a talk at NASA in Houston which was a bit odd – and at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, I was lowered down from a helicopter to present the closing speech for an audience of 8,000 people! But the strangest must have been in Sun City in Johannesburg where I was on stage with two lions at a
/>conference for Barclays South Africa – funnily enough, none of the speakers overrun!
/>
/>Q. Is money the answer to everything?
/>A. No, but usually it’s the enabler to everything.

The Private Dentistry 2008 National Conference will be held on Thursday 27 November at The Hotel Russell, London. For further information about the Private Dentistry 2008 National Conference, please call Independent Seminars on o800 371652 or visit www.independentseminars.com.

Dental caries increments and related factors in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Caries Res 2008;42:354-362 (DOI:10.1159/000151582) (Source: Caries Research)

 

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Longitudinal Association of Smoking-Related Attitude to Oral Health with Adolescents Smoking Onset

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Can burning a joss stick a cancer risk?

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Scientists have now found that regularly burning joss sticks increases the risk of certain mouth, throat and lung cancers.
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/>That’s according to a report at www.guardian.co.uk.
/>
/>The 12-year study apparently backs up previous research showing that incense smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons, carbonyls and benzene, which cause mutations to DNA in human cells.
/>
/>Another study found that the levels of airborne particulates from candles and incense burning in two Dutch churches were 20 times higher than they were next to a typical busy road.
/>
/>‘Incense is sold without a warning label, and given the high prevalence of use and the often involuntary nature of the exposure, clarifying the role of incense smoke as a carcinogen is important from a public health perspective,’ wrote Dr Jeppe Friborg of the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen and his colleagues in the latest issue of the journal Cancer.
/>
/>The team interviewed more than 60,000 ethnic Chinese people in Singapore aged between 45 and 78 between 1993 and 1998.
/>
/>They asked how much they used incense and collected detailed information on their lifestyle including their diet and how much they drank alcohol and smoked. All participants who had previously had cancer were excluded from the analysis.
/>
/>In December 2005, the team checked the subjects' health by using the detailed records in Singapore's National Cancer Registry.

Of the original group, 325 had developed cancer of the upper respiratory tract and 821 had developed lung cancer.
/>
/>After adjusting for other lifestyle factors that are known to cause cancer, such as smoking, the team found that burning incense was associated with an increase in some types of lung cancer, and cancers of the upper respiratory tract, such as throat and mouth cancer.
/>
/>The small risk of developing upper respiratory tract cancers nearly doubled in people who used incense regularly.
/>
/>They were also more common among women, which could be explained by the fact that women tend to spend more time in the smoky home environment.
/>
/>Friborg said that the implications went beyond this particular study group.
/>
/>‘It could be relevant for priests and others who are regularly exposed to incense,’ he said, ‘[but] I'm not sure if a short term effect would be measurable.’
/>
/>He added that it was too early to consider attaching health warnings to packets of joss sticks or incense. 'I would suggest that people use incense with caution,' he said. 'If this study is confirmed I think regulation could be relevant.'

Study club lends a hand

Huntington, W. Va.—The Hollenback-Medina Operative Dentistry Seminar did more than discuss dentistry in June when members of the study club traveled to the dental clinic of Ebenezer Medical Outreach.

Too sick to practice?

When Dr. Robert Bethea was 39 years old he began what would become an 18-year quest to determine the cause of a sporadic, yet ongoing affliction.