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Barbara Kram, Editor | January 16, 2007
"We're extremely encouraged by our findings, and keen to see the approach adopted within the NHS. The next stage will be for an x-ray equipment company to integrate the software with its products, and once it's available to dentists we'd hope that entire primary care trusts might opt in.
"The test might even encourage older women to visit the dentist more regularly!"
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"Automated osteoporosis risk assessment by dentists: a new pathway to diagnosis" is published in the Journal Bone (Elsevier).
* source: The World Health Organisation (1994)
** source: The Dental Practice Board (which processes financial claims for NHS dental treatment from dentists in England and Wales, 2005)
The University of Manchester (www.manchester.ac.uk) is the largest single-site higher education institution in the country, with 24 academic schools, over 5200 academic and research staff and around 36 000 students. It was awarded University of the Year by the Times Higher Educational Supplement in 2005 and The Sunday Times in 2006, and receives more undergraduate applications than any other UK university.
Manchester School of Dentistry has a strong track record as an innovator in teaching and learning, introducing an outreach programme as early as 1974 - some thirty years before most of its competitors. It is consistently rated as one of the best dental schools in the UK and was recently awarded maximum points in the Government's Teaching Quality review, with special commendation for its student support, IT infrastructure and use of problem-based learning.
It comprises around 500 students and 40 academic staff, and conducts research with the overall aim of understanding the scientific basis of craniofacial and oral health. It incorporates two research themes:
o Health Sciences undertaking clinical trials, population-based studies and systematic reviews (includes the Dental Health Unit funded by Colgate-Palmolive and the NHS-funded Cochrane Oral Health Group)
o Basic Science, working in craniofacial research and biomaterials research and development for dentistry.
The School is committed to improving the health of the community, directly providing care via its Dental Hospital, outreach clinics in Greater Manchester and its strong links with local Primary Care Trusts.
www.manchester.ac.uk/dentistry
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