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Patients overwhelmingly confident in their NHS dentist

Data published by NHS England shows that, over the first three months of them taking part in the Friends and Family Test, dental practices consistently had 97% of patients saying they would recommend the service and only 1% saying they would not. More than six out of ten dental practices that submitted details of their patients’ ratings received 100% positive scores.

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Kent Surrey and Sussex move to Vantage for referral management

Approximately 700 dental practices, across 21 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are moving to a new Dental Electronic Referral Service (DERS) in the coming months. NHS England have recently contracted with Vantage Diagnostics Ltd, a UK leading provider of electronic referral management. The first tranche of dentists will be using the new service before the end of the year.

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FGDP cautions against involving regulator in antibiotic prescribing

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has called on healthcare professionals to help curb the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics. The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) endorses the responsible use of antibiotics, and the ‘right dose at the right time’ approach advocated by the NICE guidelines, but would express caution about any plans to involve the regulator as a method to manage the over-prescribing of antibiotics.

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400,000-year-old dental tartar provides earliest evidence of human-made pollution

Researchers have uncovered evidence of food and potential respiratory irritants entrapped in the dental tartar of 400,000-year-old teeth at Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv, the site of many major discoveries from the late Lower Paleolithic period. The research provides direct evidence of what early Palaeolithic people ate and the quality of the air they breathed inside Qesem Cave.

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Learn from the brightest and best in the dental industry says BDIA

Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham on the 22-24 October, this year’s BDIA Dental Showcase has a particular focus on the sharing of knowledge. Along with around 350 exhibitors providing product demonstrations and presentations, there’s a programme of up to 100 free mini lectures and seminars. Register for free entry and to see the full lecture programme, go to www.dentalshowcase.com

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Prof Lamey erasure quashed by High Court

BDA calls for smoking cessation funding to be ring fenced

The BDA says it is dismayed to learn that around 40 per cent of local councils have dropped their free stop-smoking services when incidences of mouth cancers are soaring. The chair of the BDA’s Health and Science Committee, Russ Ladwa, said: “Investing in stop-smoking services ought to be a mandatory rather than an optional service given the high prevalence of oral cancers and their poor mortality rates.”

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