After less than two months on the back benches, Steve Barclay is back as Health Minister. Appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the dying days of the Johnson administration, and then briefly displaced by Thérèse Coffey, he is now back at Victoria Street.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on a televised debate during the initial, and protracted, round of Tory Party leadership hustings, to knuckle down on NHS dental access reform “on day one”.
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The Dental Defence Union has advised dentists to ‘proceed with caution’ if communicating with patients via private messaging apps.
The General Dental Council has decided against carrying out an internal review after GDPUK questioned its decision to decline to answer a Freedom of Information Request on its investigation into the suicide of registrants undergoing Fitness To Practice Investigations.
Read more: General Dental Council Turns Down GDPUK Request For Suicides Review
Sara Hurley, the English Chief Dental Officer (CDO) sends out periodic updates entitled ‘Your NHS Dentistry and Oral Health Bulletin.’ GDP’s familiar with their style and usual content could be forgiven for not always reading them in their entirety. However there appears to be something quite important buried in the latest tract.
Read more: CDO Announces Change To Cleaning Standards Red Tape
The new Minister for Health and Social Care has told the Commons “The Government is taking a number of important steps that will improve dental access for patients and will make NHS dentistry more and more attractive place for dentists and their teams to work” during Thursday’s Parliamentary debate on NHS dentistry.”
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Antiresorptive drugs, used to treat osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease, can complicate dental implant procedures by increasing the risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). This systematic review investigates how these drugs affect the success and complications associated with osseointegrated dental implants. Key findings Antiresorptive drugs significantly increase the risk of (MRONJ), accounting for [read the full story...]
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The study assesses the impact of antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures, specifically focusing on the risk reduction for high-risk individuals.
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