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Published: Monday, 09 May 2016 07:50
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Replying to a question in the House of Lords from Lord Hunt of King’s Heath, health minister Lord Prior said that the Government took ‘a keen interest’ in the performance of the GDC and its plans for improvement. But he ruled out asking the National Audit Office to carry out a ‘value for money’ examination of the GDC’s financial management.
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Published: Thursday, 05 May 2016 07:37
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The Times reports that parents are paying huge mark-ups for children’s toothpaste when the standard product is just as effective at protecting teeth. Toothpaste marketed at children is double the price of ordinary toothpaste even though it contains the same amount of fluoride, the paper has found. The average price of 100ml of standard branded toothpaste in the big five supermarkets is £1.21 but the average price of 100ml of children’s toothpaste is £2.40.
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Published: Wednesday, 04 May 2016 07:48
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The Chief Dental Officer for England, Sara Hurley, has been appointed Honorary Professor in Dentistry at the University of Manchester’s School of Dentistry. Her first official visit to the School was for a meeting with health service researchers to help develop her priorities for national policy.
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Published: Tuesday, 03 May 2016 07:43
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Restaurants should routinely offer tap water to families to help fight child obesity, councils have said. Many restaurants only give tap water on request, despite a legal requirement for licensed premises to provide it, and most diners do not ask for tap water, a survey for the Local Government Association (LGA) found. It also found that 13% of parents feel awkward about asking for free water when eating out as alternative to sugary drinks.
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Published: Thursday, 28 April 2016 07:39
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In reply to Parliamentary Questions, health minister Alistair Burt MP has outlined the steps he is taking to improve dental standards amongst primary school age children. Separately he said in reply to Paula Sherriff the Labour MP for Dewsbury that a reformed dental contract could begin to be rolled out nationally from 2018/19 onwards.
Read more: Minister outlines moves on child oral health and new contract
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Published: Wednesday, 27 April 2016 07:46
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In answer to a Parliamentary Question the Minister of State, Alistair Burt, has published figures on NHS dental spending. Government expenditure on GDS was £2.03bn last year, with an additional £716m recovered in patients charges. In real terms the total spend (including charges) has decreased from £2,205bn in 2004/06 to £2.045 last year, despite the increase in patient charges.
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Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2016 07:49
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The cost of removing rotting teeth in children and teenagers has soared by 61 per cent in the last five years, leading to fears that youngsters' sugar addiction is spiralling out of control, the Local Government Association (LGA) reports. Latest figures show that hospitals spent £35 million on multiple teeth extraction in under 18s in 2014/15, compared with £21 million in 2010/11. Over the last five years, this amounts to nearly £140 million.
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Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2016 07:47
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An online ‘safe haven’ of trusted clinical information is essential if dentistry is to meet the growing demand for cosmetic dental treatments. That’s according to a cohort of leading dentists who are supporting a new ‘go-to’ website that aims to make it easier for the public to sift the qualified clinicians from the illegal rogue traders who plague an industry now worth £3.6 billion.
Read more: Online ‘safe haven’ will crack down on rogue cosmetic dental traders
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Published: Monday, 25 April 2016 07:47
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Dealing with cavities could one day be as simple as taking a supplement to keep unwanted bacteria in check, according to findings published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, led by Dr Robert Burne, have a new strain of bacteria that could keep ‘bad’ bacteria under control, and pave the way to using probiotics to prevent cavities.
Read more: Take a pill to prevent decay?
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