The start of a new academic year in the UK – whether that means freshers’ week at university, returning to sixth form, or simply reclaiming the spare bedroom after summer – brings a familiar question.… 

There was a time when losing a tooth before forty felt unusual. If someone in their twenties or thirties needed a replacement, most people assumed there had been a football injury, a cycling accident, or… 

A surprising number of people avoid the dentist for years, not because they don’t care about their teeth, but because the idea of sitting in that chair fills them with genuine dread. There is some…