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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📣 Our web pages on the UCL site have been revamped! 📣 Check out our new landing page for information on the work we do, who we collaborate with and how you can study with us. www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

.@anjaheilmann.bsky.social, a core member of The UCL Dental Public Health Group has been promoted to Professor. Congratulations, Anja!

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Photos from the launch of the Physical punishment and child outcomes report, attended by Principal Investigator @anjaheilmann.bsky.social and Jess Asato MP, Member of Parliament for Lowestoft. Read the full report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

** New report: Physical punishment of children is harmful and must be banned in England and Northern Ireland ** @anjaheilmann.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @citystgeorges.bsky.social @nuffieldfoundation.org @nspcc.bsky.social Read the full report here: lnkd.in/eCDNKq5C

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

As members of the consortium who conducted the Adult Oral Health Survey 2023, @anjaheilmann.bsky.social & Georgios Tsakos from The UCL Dental Public Health Group presented key findings at the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons. Read the AOHS : natcen.ac.uk/what-we-do/w...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A recent meeting of @thecoreprogramme.bsky.social programme to discuss community engagement, health research and capacity building. Funded by @nihr.bsky.social and attended by Professor Richard Watt and Michelle Stennett from the UCL Dental Public Health Group.

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🎧 Have you listened to the final episode in the second series of Oral Health Matters? 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Eji... And a clip from one of our guests Rob Witton below ⬇️ #OralHealthMatters #Dentistry #Health

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Patients presenting to GPs and Emergency Departments, and DIY dentistry - the consequences of declining access to dental care. Read this article just publised in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🎙️ The final episode of Series 2 of Oral Health Matters publishes next week. 🎙️ Host Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London, explores whether the dental profession is currently standing on a precipice.

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🎧 Have you listened to episdoe 5 of Oral Health Matters yet? 🎧 We explore why researchers have often failed to influence policymakers effectively, despite 30 years of investigation into health inequalities. Link to listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6xaB...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Episode 5 of Oral Health Matters drops tomorrow. In this episode, we're focusing on the topic of equity and how best to move forward with a pro equity agenda in both research and policy development. #OralHealthMatters #OralHealth #Equity

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🎧 Have you listened to episode 4 of Oral Health Matters yet? 🎧 Richard Watt is joined by Paula Vassallo, Chief Dentist in Malta and Irving Mckenzie, Chief Dentist in Jamaica, to discuss the historic WHO Bangkok Declaration. Listen to the full episode lnkd.in/e6wyM-g8

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🎙️ Episode 4 in the current series of the Oral Health Matters podcast is on its way! 🎙️ Publishing on Tuesday 31 March, this one discusses the Bangkok Declaration.

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🎙️ New podcast alert 🎙️ Episode 3 of Oral Health Matters is out TODAY! This one explores the shift from viewing health as an abstract value to a body of binding national and international standards that frame oral health as a fundamental human right. 🎧 Listen here: lnkd.in/eaeXY3si

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

📢 Episode 3 in the current series of the Oral Health Matters podcast is out next week and looks at oral health as a fundamental human right. 🎧 Listen to this clip from one our guests, Sara Laura Ferrari 🎧 The episode is out on Tuesday 17th March 🎙️

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🎙️ It's almost time for episode 3 of Oral Health Matters. 🎧 This focuses on the intersection of international law and dental health, and the shift from viewing health as an abstract value to a body of binding national and international standards that frame oral health as a human right.

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📢 Episode 2 in the second series of Oral Health Matters is out today! 📢 We deconstruct the high-stakes political diplomacy behind the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). open.spotify.com/episode/3NnN...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📢 Episode 2 of Oral Health Matters is out next Tuesday (3rd March) and seeks to deconstruct the high-stakes political diplomacy behind the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). 🎧 Listen to this clip from the episode 🎧

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Episode 2 is of the second series of Oral Health Matters is out next Tuesday (3rd March) and seeks to deconstruct the high-stakes political diplomacy behind the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Listen to a clip from the episode here. #OralHealthMatters

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🎙️ Episode 1 Oral Health Matters, Series 2 🎙️ Series 2 opens with a powerful conversation on how political decisions, from WHO withdrawal to cuts in international aid, are affecting real communities, real services, and real lives. 🎧 Watch the trailer and listen soon

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🎧 Watch the trailer for Oral Health Matters – Series 2, Episode 1 What happens to oral health when global politics become unstable? ▶️ Watch the trailer and subscribe now Link to series trailer in comments. #OralHealthMatters #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #OralHealth

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎙In the last of our ** PODCAST REWIND ** feautres, we're looking at the final episode of series 1 of Oral Health Matters, where Richard Watt is joined by Dr Benoit Varenne and Dr Dympna Kavanagh. Link to full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6IWB...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🎙 In episode 5 of series 1 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt is joined by Professor Sharon Friel from the Australian National University, and Professor Delan Devakumar, from University College London. open.spotify.com/episode/5sJm...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

In episode 4 of the first series of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt was in conversation with Dr Lisa Jamieson from the University of Adelaide, and Professor David Conway from the University of Glasgow. open.spotify.com/episode/4R0k...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

In episode 3 of Oral Health Matters we discuss the meaning and value of community engagement in research and ways to promote meaningful partnership working with communities. Series 2 launches on 3rd Feb #OralHealth #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealthMatters open.spotify.com/episode/3mMr...

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

In episode 2 of the first series of our podcast, Oral Health Matters, we discussed the challenges and opportunities for oral health research in the Global South. Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/1T7b... Series 2 launches on Tuesday 3 February. #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealth #GlobalSouth

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🎙️ PODCAST REWIND 🎙️ Series 2 of our podcast Oral Health Matters is coming soon! So what better time to take a listen back to series 1, originally published in the Spring of 2024 🎧 Link to full episode in comments #DentalPublicHealth #Podcasting #AcademicPodcasting #OralHealth #Research

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🔍 Professor Richard Watt and Michelle Stennett are co-authors on a scoping review mapping global evidence on upstream interventions which promote oral health & reduce socioeconomic qualities in oral health ⬇ Link to full review in comments. #oralhealth #globaloralhealth #publichealth #inequalities

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Meet Michelle Stennett, Lecturer (Teaching) in Dental Public Health and member of the Dental Public Health Group. Michelle defines dental public health as preventing dental disease for populations rather than individuals. She splits her time beween clincial work, research and teaching.

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

“These findings are deeply alarming. Earlier oral health gains have been reversed, and we are now back to the levels of untreated tooth decay last seen in 1998." Professor Georgios Tsakos quoted in The Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12... #AOHS #AdultOralHealthSurvey #oralhealth

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UCL Dental Public Health @ucl-dph.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Coverage from LBC for the Adult Oral Health Survey (AOHS), published earlier this week. lnkd.in/ev62EfeT Professor Georgios Tsakos and Dr Anja Heilmann from The UCL Dental Public Health Group are authors on the report. #AOHS #AdultOralHealthSurvey #dentalhealth #publichealth #oralhealth

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