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I don’t know about you, but we can’t get enough of Halloween! Adorable kids in their cute, scary, and sometimes downright hilarious costumes. It’s a time for creativity and fun. What’s even better is that charities across the country are finding new ways to involve their communities in brotherly love, even on holidays like Halloween, which, truthfully, is known more as a time of tricking than a time of giving. But the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation is just one of the many wonderful and deserving organizations that are aiming to make change this Halloween season (pun intended)!

The National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) is dedicated to eliminating America’s number one chronic childhood illness: pediatric dental disease. Millions of children nationwide suffer from pain so severe they have trouble just being kids. Eating, sleeping, and even learning become difficult, and many suffer lifelong health complications as a result of untreated pediatric dental disease. The NCOHF provides vital financial, product, and technical support to a network of not-for-profit programs and volunteer dental professionals who deliver critical oral health services to underserved children.

The NCOHF has launched a new campaign called Trick or Treat for America’s Toothfairy, which encourages individuals, businesses, and dental professionals alike to change lives with change. Dressed as Toothfairies and, yes, Tooth Wizards, caring individuals will collect spare change to help the NCOHF provide at-risk children with the comprehensive dental care they deserve. Making Halloween about having fun and doing good in the community? That’s change we can get behind!

Concerns about the economic climate are leading patients in England to cancel dental appointments and defer treatments they need, according to research by the British Dental Association (BDA). The unfortunate knock-on effect of these decisions is an increase in the number of patients presenting at surgeries requiring emergency treatment.

A survey carried out by the BDA found that 59 per cent of dentists questioned had seen their patients cancel appointments, while 68 per cent reported decisions to defer treatment. Unsurprisingly, given these trends, more than a third of practitioners said they had seen an increased demand for emergency treatment during the past twelve months.

Dr Susie Sanderson, Chair of the BDA’s Executive Board, said:

“It’s understandable that, at a time when there is widespread concern about household finances, some patients’ financial anxieties are leading them to defer dental appointments and treatment. Achieving short-term money savings at the expense of longer-term health problems really isn’t wise though. Neglecting your oral health can increase both the complexity of the problems you face and the cost of the treatment you must eventually have. As well, visiting the dentist at appropriate intervals will ensure that you get the help you need to maintain good oral health.”

The exhibition element of this year’s British Dental Conference and Exhibition will see a number of exciting new developments including the newly introduced and free-to-attend DCP Theatre, aimed specifically at dental care professionals (DCPs). Other promotional activities will also encourage delegates to visit our numerous exhibitors with their annual purchasing needs in mind.

The brand new, Oral-B sponsored DCP Theatre in the exhibition hall will host 23 bite-sized sessions spanning the three days of the event. Free to attend, they will offer a combination of practical business tips, clinical expertise, career guidance and topical debate that will appeal to receptionists, practice managers, dental nurses, hygienists, therapists, technicians. They will focus on topics including adhering to guidance on teeth whitening, integrating prevention into daily practice, boosting profitability through business planning and the role of social networking in dentistry.

Visitors to the Exhibition can also expect to be tempted by a plethora of promotional activities, product launches and giveaways by exhibitors who will be showcasing their latest products and developments.

The Exhibition will be housed in the Central Hall at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, and will benefit from the grandeur and light of this magnificent former railway station. The Central Hall will also be the gateway to the lecture halls where the extensive Conference programme will be taking place, so will be alive with delegates coming to and from Conference sessions.

Peter Ward, Chief Executive of the BDA, said:

“We’ve worked hard to make this year’s exhibition the biggest, buzziest and most bustling the British Dental Conference and Exhibition has ever delivered. The advent of the DCP Theatre increases the number of sessions in our free-to-attend exhibition hall programme by 150 per cent and delivers a DCP-focused programme of sessions that will appeal to the whole dental team.

“Our exhibitors too are excited by the work we’ve done. The exhibition will be packed with companies eager to promote themselves to the more than 4,000 dentists and dental care professionals we will be welcoming to Manchester. This year’s new, improved exhibition will be the ideal place to check out the latest innovations in dentistry, reflect on the Conference speakers’ presentations and relax with colleagues.”