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The latest Adult Oral Health Survey showed that only

17% of adults had healthy periodontal tissues

The road to good gum health can be a bumpy one with patients seeking advice and then reverting back to old habits after initial improvement. There are barriers facing patients preventing them from making long term improvements. These are:

Lack of awareness
Resignation
Misperception

Colgate® Roundtable

We recently invited a range of experts to attend a roundtable to share their thoughts and insights on gum health.

Read about it here

Supporting patients to change behaviour

 

Colgate® Scientific affairs are proud to bring together 5 experts with different backgrounds and perspectives to provide 5 minute talks on how you can support your patients in changing their behaviour to improve their gum health? See below to hear what our expers had to say:

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Kathryn Johnson

Dental Hygienist

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Mohsan Ahmad

Chair, Greater Manchester Local Dental Network

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Reena Wadia

Specialist in Periodontics

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Tim Newton

Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Kings College London

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Victoria Sampson

General Dentist reaseaching the impact of oral microbiome on overall health

Podcast

To further support behaviour change in practice, listen to our podcast panel discussion episode where our experts discuss patient behaviour change in more detail.

Listen here

Colgate's Gum Protection Range

PerioGard® - Effective gum health solutions designed to encourage adherence to support patient behaviour change.

Click here to find out more