Author: DentalPro
Portuguese researchers awarded by Biolocker technology
A multidisciplinary team from the Institute of Research and Innovation at the University of Porto (also known as i3S) and from the Faculties of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Coimbra developed a new technology based on a natural organic molecule, which prevents the formation of bacterial plaque, the main contributor to tooth decay and other dental pathologies.
Portuguese Dentist elected governor of ICD
Maria João Rodrigues, dentist and associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, was elected governor of the International College of Dentists (ICD) by Portugal.
Number of people in Portugal that don’t go to the dentist increases
A national survey of oral health, conducted in 2018, revealed that the number of Portuguese people that don’t go to the dentist is increasing.
Grupo Maló is one the biggest debtors of Novo Banco
In 2017, Novo Banco declared losses of about 500 million euros coming from the loans granted to eight clients. Grupo Maló is among these eight.
10 years of dental cheques: the opinion of Mexia de Almeida
In an article published in the Health Policy, “Ten years since the 2008 introduction of dental vouchers in the Portuguese NHS”, the authors – Jorge Simões and collaborators – present the impact of access to dental treatments provided by the introduction of the dental-cheque in 2008.