We are ready to fight obesity

Tandlægeforeningen interfering in the current debate about whether dentists should measure and weigh the children in order to prevent obesity.

”In Tandlægeforeningens the executive committee we find it natural that dentists are to prevent the problem of obesity among children and young people. Dentists in some municipalities already involved in multi-disciplinary advice on diet and healthy lifestyles. However, this should be done in accordance with the health visitors, doctors, dietitians. Tandlægeforeningen don't want to assume the task which others think they have a better educational foundation for that promise,” says a member of the Tandlægeforeningens company executive Inge Marie Behrndtz, in the magazine's leader.

Danish dentists happier than Swedish
Publicly employed dentists in Denmark have greater job satisfaction than their colleagues in Sweden. It highlights the preliminary results of the Swedish research project ”The goda arbetet”, which is underway, on. Despite the stress and other negative factors at work shows the preliminary figures so that 69 percent of the Swedish and 77 percent of the Danish dentists experience of job satisfaction in the high or very high degree.

Are redheads more tandlægeangste? ... and other research results, Tandlægebladet not brought
If you are born with a long and a short leg – you get more often krydsbid? Are true redheads more tandlægeforskrækkede than the other? Form herbal tea a special risk for patients with braces?

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Read more in Tandlægebladet no. 10 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Your dentist can detect osteoporosis

With the help of x-rays can dentists help to detect osteoporosis, which particularly affects the elderly and middle-aged women. It writes lecturer, dr.odont. Ib Sewerin in an article in the Tandlægebladet.

According to the WHO suffer from ca. 400.000 danes of osteoporosis, also called brittle bones, which reduces the strength of the bones and causes frequent bone fractures. The most common injury is the forearm and hip fractures as well as ryghvirvelsammenfald. The disease particularly affects women, and approximately every third woman will experience a hip fracture in the course of his life. Despite the prevalence of osteoporosis, however, it is not economically or practically possible to systematically screen the population for the disease.

Most people come regularly to the dentist, where they regularly need to have taken x-rays of the teeth and jaw. Osteoporosis turns out bl.a. typically by the width of the mandibular bone is a little narrower than usual. Also, a bit of the bone have disappeared, or it may be less strong and robust than normal.

Out from the x-ray and a series of simple questions about your health and lifestyle can the dentist, thus, to detect whether a patient has osteoporosis or is at risk for developing the disease.

Dentists can thus help to identify patients with osteoporosis at an early stage and send them for further medical check-ups, so the onset of serious consequences can be prevented.

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The entire article can be read in Tandlægebladet no. 8 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Younger dentists are not scared of the province

When the newly qualified dentists will be finished at the studio in either Copenhagen or Aarhus, are not afraid to seek jobs in the province. New figures from the Tandlægeforeningen shows that younger dentists graduated after 1990 are evenly distributed over the entire country, when it comes to private practice. It writes Tandlægebladet.

Seen in relation to the total number of dentists in private practice dentists trained in the period 1990-2005, approx. 29 per cent. Distributed in the regions of northern Jutland is the smallest share at 23 per cent. at between 29 and 31 per cent. in the other regions.

When the younger dentists choose job, player challenges, co-workers and working hours play a significant role. The geographical location of the workplace is less significant. It tells three randomly surveyed dentists to Tandlægebladet.

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The entire article can be read in Tandlægebladet no. 7 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk

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