The BDA's Press and Parliamentary Department (PPD) regularly produces a number of 'media fact sheets' to provide evidence for journalists and MPs on dental topics where previously information was mainly anecdotal. These fact sheets are also used to help promote positive news about dentistry, something we should all be grateful for. But, besides these important functions, they have some interesting messages within them for everyone involved in dentistry, For example, the most recent, titled BDA: Dentistry Facts contains information which should make us question a few of the myths that have been accepted for too long now.