A Derby man has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 by the courts after being found guilty of illegally tooth whitening, that left woman ’in pain’. A London man, Jeffery Lehmann, has been ordered to pay more than £15,000, after having his previous conviction for illegal tooth whitening upheld. The failed appeal related to a 2017 conviction.
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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that up to 50 practices in England will be selected to join the 73 currently testing the prototype contracts. They claim that the dental care approach to be expanded after trial reduces tooth decay. They also say the new practices will be joining a ‘scheme for prevention-focused dental care following successful results where it has been tested’.
The latest statistics from the NASDAL (The National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) Practice Goodwill Survey have been released. The survey for the quarter ending 30th April 2018 shows a mixed picture across the country and a number of practices seeming to benefit from large corporate buyer competition.
Read more: Mixed picture from practice goodwill values survey
The Government has accepted a recommendation by the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) that dentists’ pay should be increased by 2%. However, it is not proposing to backdate that uplift to the usual April date, instead delaying implementation until October to cut costs. The BDA is not impressed.
Lord Blencathra, who was a minister over 20 years ago has said that Britain is becoming a nation of “fat, idle people who will bankrupt the NHS”, he described obesity as “a lifestyle choice”. But current health minister, Lord O’Shaughnessy, said: “It should be thought of as a disease, if not an epidemic, because it appears to be catching.”
Read more: Former minister says obesity is “a lifestyle choice”
A respected dentist who treated patients in Cumbria for decades has died in a motorbike crash in Canada, local paper News and Star has reported. Paul Knight, from Wigton, was fatally injured in a collision in the British Columbia region on Saturday. His wife Michelle was also involved in the collision and sustained a number of serious injuries.
Read more: Cumbria dentist dies in motorbike crash in Canada
The Daily Mail has reported that the dental corporate, mydentist, has admitted that it does not have enough dentists to carry out check-ups and treatments. Thousands of patients are unable to see an NHS dentist due to a recruitment crisis. The BDA told the paper that The British Dental Association, which represents dentists, said the problems were caused by Government cuts to dental services and overly restrictive targets.
BDA Scotland has urged new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Jeane Freeman to put the NHS 70th birthday investment to good use – and realise the unfunded aspirations in the Oral Health Improvement Plan (OHIP). BDA’s Robert Donald, said: “The Oral Health Improvement Plan sets big aspirations, but provides little detail on funds set aside to pay for them.”
Read more: BDA demands more money for Oral Health Improvement Plan in Scotland
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has at last issued its report and advised extending immunisation to adolescent boys at the same age as girls. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have said they will implement the recommendation. In England the minister has said he will announce a decision ‘very soon’.
Read more: Decision on HPV vaccination in hands of ministers