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Published: Thursday, 31 August 2017 10:15
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NHS Digital has released statistics for the year 2016/17 in England. It shows a 0.6% increase in courses of treatment delivered, but over half a million fewer UDAs. 24,007 dentists performed NHS activity, a decrease of 0.3%, of these 84% were associates. 22.2 million adult patients were seen by an NHS dentist, (51.4% of adults) and 6.8 million children (58.2%).
Read more: NHS Digital releases figures for 2016/17
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Published: Thursday, 31 August 2017 07:27
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The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) is calling on dental practices to join its new Dental Check by One (DCby1) campaign designed to get children seeing a dentist before their first birthday. A Dental Check by One logo available to dental practices committed to seeing children by their first birthday.
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Published: Wednesday, 30 August 2017 07:34
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Earlier this summer disgruntled Tories were accused of plotting to topple Mrs May at ‘Prosecco’ parties. Now it appears that the drink could also be rotting their teeth, owing to its acidity and high sugar content, according to dentists. How seriously should be take this?
Read more: Prosecco - a danger to teeth?
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Published: Tuesday, 29 August 2017 07:55
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A former dentist treated 1,500 patients while she was unregistered the GDC told a magistrates court. Eleni Kalamara pleaded guilty to five charges of carrying out dentistry illegally following an investigation and prosecution by regulators the General Dental Council. She was fined £500 for each offence, £2,500 in total, and ordered to pay court costs of £2,218.
Read more: Ex-dentist carried on working despite erasure
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Published: Tuesday, 29 August 2017 07:55
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The British Dental Association has announced Tristen Kelso as its new Northern Ireland Director, following the recent retirement of Claudette Christie. Tristen joins the BDA from leading public affairs agency Stratagem, where he served as health lead for four years, overseeing accounts ranging from Cancer Focus NI and the British Heart Foundation, to community providers such as Specsavers.
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Published: Thursday, 24 August 2017 07:36
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Six to fifteen percent of patients develop an inflammatory response in the years after receiving a dental implant, caused by bacteria destroying the soft tissue and the bone around the implant. In future, patients will benefit from a quick and affordable method assessing whether they carry such bacteria: using a chewing gum based diagnostic test.
Read more: Using chewing gum to detect peri-implant disease
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Published: Wednesday, 23 August 2017 07:57
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Dental nurse Sally Hague, who formerly worked for disgraced dentist, Desmond D'Mello has been suspended indefinitely by the GDC, following criticism of her cross infection control. The panel heard that Mrs Hague's failings were ‘serious and significant’. They said an indefinite suspension was ‘appropriate and proportionate’.
Read more: DMello nurse struck off by GDC
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Published: Tuesday, 22 August 2017 07:36
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The BDA has expressed its concern that the freeze on service costs to Foundation Dentists’ educational supervisors has continued once again. Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen, Chair of General Dental Practice Committee said: “Foundation training is a key part of ensuring the quality of NHS dentistry, and freezing these service cost payments, which cover the FD’s nurse, surgery labs and materials, is an act of unnecessary self-harm.”
Read more: BDA attacks freeze on trainers’ pay
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Published: Monday, 21 August 2017 07:59
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A Northern Ireland dentist has been crowned a British gymnastics champion in her very first tournament at the age of 44. Ursula Goode was adjudged the best competitor in the over-40s novice section at the championships at the National Sports Centre in Lilleshall near Birmingham, the home of British gymnastics.
Read more: Northern Ireland dentist wins gold in gymnastics
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