Mhari Coxon

Speaker Profile

Mhari was awarded the Oral B motivation award at graduation  and was also The Probes Hygienist of the Year in 2006, she has lectured a national level at BSDHT Harrogate in 2006, the association of dental Implantology 2007, world aesthetic conference 2007 & 2008 and the Orthodontic specialist group in 2008. Mhari is a regular lecturer at regional level for BSDHT and a Council member and Chairman of the London Group of the British Society of Dental Hygienists and Therapists; she is also on the Editorial board of Preventative Dentistry and the Publications Committee of Dental Health.

Lecture Synopsis

Will you still clean me, will you still treat me, when I'm 64.....74......84?

The fastest growing age group in the population are those aged 80 years and over who currently constitute 4.5 per cent (2,749,507) of the total population. This age group has increased by over 1.1 million between 1981 and 2007 (1,572,160 to 2,749,507), from 2.8 per cent to 4.5 per cent.

There are now more members of the public of a pensionable age than there are teenagers. These groups’ expectations of life are higher than the previous generation, and good oral solutions to keep quality of life at a high will be expected. This lecture aims to discuss how best to treat our ageing population and the problems we can face as clinicians, offering solutions to these.