Archive for June, 2010

Museums: Teaching children about teeth

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by admin  |  Comments Off

I learned the value of bribery with sweets and chocolates as a child when taken to see a dentist in Nottingham for the first time, and not that much about teeth. Children can learn about teeth in school or develop misconceptions about dentistry from media portrayal or the accounts of others. Children are naturally curious about their bodies and like to taste things.

A better alternative may be to teach children about oral hygiene and the evolution of dentistry treatments, such as cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/articles/root-canal.html, through a visit to one of the Nottingham Museums of Health and Medicine. Not only does the museum teach about how people have looked after their teeth through the centuries, but also about British dental heritage – how practices have developed, been bought, and about dental businesses for sale.

Some of the museums offer family history, tours, downloadable resources, games with dentistry outfits, puzzles, artifacts, and other educational interests for individuals, groups, schools and universities. Sessions also covering the topic of food and the importance of good nutrition. Teaching children about their teeth can their improve oral hygiene and overall health, inspire their curiosity to learn, and also may form the foundations of their interest in dentistry as a career later in life.

Student Life in Leeds

Posted on June 16th, 2010 by admin  |  Comments Off

Leeds is a great city for students with a fantastic night life, loads of bars, restaurants and shops as well as museums and theatres. However, the university itself has plenty to offer as well as the city.

Study

It can be easy to forget that the main reason you go to university is to study! However, Leeds is one of the top universities in the country and can offer you a fantastic education. There are hundreds of courses to choose from with plenty of opportunities to study abroad or work in industry. Every student has a personal tutor to support them through their studies, and access to the excellent libraries and IT facilities.

Sports and Societies

Leeds union has over 60 sports clubs, so there’s bound to be something for everyone. If you’re not sporty, there is a massive array of clubs and societies to join, including circus skills, horse riding, choc soc and shopaholics.

Accommodation

As a university city, cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/teethwhitening.html is not hard to come by. In your first year you are guaranteed a place in the university halls of residence. However, in your second year it is likely that you will have to find your own accommodation with friends. There are lots of people to help you with this, not least letting agents in Leeds who have the details of hundreds of student properties.

The link between lasers and science fiction

Posted on June 2nd, 2010 by admin  |  Comments Off

There are definitely links between the fiction of a given time and the technology which follows that time, even if simply because fiction is by definition the work of imagination and imagination is the mother of invention.

Today we have laser hair removal and hair dyes, but in the future authors have envisaged being able to alter hair colour at a whim through various means which seem farfetched now.  But when you look at the size of the global market for hair dyeing treatments and the amount the average consumer of such products spends on them in a year, you can guarantee research is being conducted by companies into trying to make some of the less unbelievable methods for achieving this into a workable, profitable product.

The many stories about armies of clone warriors or vat grown monsters have been a constant thorn in the side of those wishing to develop infertility treatments which involve any kind of outside interference in the natural process.  This is a very ethically tricky area which was inspired by science fiction and seen as a way of giving hope to couples who may otherwise never conceive.  Now its opponents use those same horror films to paint a picture of a future with science run amok to try and support their own limited views.

We dream of instant surgery to change our outer appearance while things like tattoo removal and laser assisted surgery go on around us every day.