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Where does this belong?

06/05/2026 timothyives Leave a comment

Layers hold until they don't I wasn’t sure which journal this belonged in. That uncertainty became the topic. So, I’m…

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Posted in: Essays & Reflections

What Accreditation Sees, and What Students Experience

20/04/2026 timothyives

A reflection on what accreditation systems are designed to see, and what often remains just outside their view. The session…

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Posted in: Essays & Reflections, Health Within Systems

Why Ultra-Processed Food Policies Keep Repeating Themselves

09/04/2026 timothyives

We’ve been here before. Governments tell people to eat better. Labels are introduced. Campaigns are launched. It doesn’t work as…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

Health Within Systems

08/04/2026 timothyives

A perspective on how behaviour, clinical practice, and outcomes are shaped by the systems in which they occur. Health is…

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Posted in: Essays & Reflections, Health Within Systems

The Qualification Is the Same. The Role Is Not

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A simple example of how roles are reshaped by the systems they enter. A student qualifies as a dental professional.…

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Posted in: Essays & Reflections, Health Within Systems

What the Sweetener Debate Reveals About How We Think

10/03/2026 timothyives

When categories organise the conversation as much as the evidence For many years I have written and spoken about sweeteners,…

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Posted in: Essays & Reflections, Health Within Systems

Beyond Fluoride

21/11/2025 timothyives 2 Comments

Introduction This article is written for the wider oral healthcare team and aims to provide an international evidence-based overview of…

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Posted in: Essays & Reflections

Celebrating the Global Impact of Dedicated Research

11/11/2024 timothyives

The invitation from Xlear, a xylitol and oral health company, based in Utah, USA, to attend a surprise event for…

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Posted in: Education & Professional Learning

The ‘No-Added-Sugar-Tribe’ Revisited

14/08/2023 timothyives

In 2020 I invited a group of 41 international dental hygienist and dental therapist colleagues to join me in a…

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Posted in: Education & Professional Learning

Oral health impacts of nutritional deficiencies

14/11/2022 timothyives

Nina explores the physical manifestations that can be seen in patients due to nutritional insufficiencies As dental professionals, we are…

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Posted in: Health & Behaviour

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