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Published: Thursday, 06 June 2013 14:53
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The 2013 Conference of Local Dental Committees (LDCs) takes place in London this Friday under the chairmanship of Richard Elvin (Herts). Health Minister Earl Howe is due to make an address and answer questions from the floor. During the day delegates will have the chance to debate 26 motions, some contentious, from LDCs.
Read more: Many contentious motions at LDC Conference on Friday
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Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2013 07:58
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A new economic analysis in the USA of practising dental therapists shows an increase in access to routine preventative care for children and low-income adults. At the same time, they are providing that care at a reduced cost to the dental practice. The report by Community Catalyst, said that therapists in Alaska and Minnesota cost their employers 27 and 29 percent respectively of the revenue they generate.
Read more: New US research into economics of therapist treatment published
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Published: Tuesday, 04 June 2013 08:05
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Dr David Geddes head of primary care commissioning, NHS England, has written to regional and area directors of commissioning to clarify how the role of local representative committees will be formally recognised in the new NHS.It will assume statutory responsibility to recognise the local representative committees, which are composed of elected members representing the four main primary care professions.
Read more: NHS England recognises local dental committees
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Published: Friday, 31 May 2013 10:29
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has announced that William (Bill) Moyes has been appointed as its Chair from October 1, 2013. Mr Moyes currently holds non-executive directorships with the Office of Fair Trading, the Priory Hospital Group, and the Legal Services Board. He was previously Executive Chairman of Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts from 2004-2010.
Read more: Non-dentist appointed to chair GDC
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Published: Thursday, 30 May 2013 07:22
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A petrol bomb was hurled through a Gateshead dentist's window causing £90,000 of damage to the surgery. The dentist is offering a £3,000 reward after the surgery was set on fire twice in one week. As police continue to hunt the culprits, practice coordinator, Sue Mulholland, has told of her disbelief that someone would want to do so much harm to the clinic.
Read more: Dentist offers £3,000 reward after arson attack
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Published: Thursday, 30 May 2013 07:22
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Ten leading lights of the dental family are to be recognised with the award of British Dental Association (BDA) Honours and Awards in 2013. Dr Martin Fallowfield, Chair of the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee, said: “We are delighted to announce the recipients of the BDA’s honours and awards for 2013. These ten individuals have in common a passion for, and dedication to, the advancement of dentistry and dental professionals.”
Read more: BDA honours for 2013 announced
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Published: Saturday, 25 May 2013 08:58
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has welcomed a decision by the High Court that tooth whitening is the practice of dentistry and should only be undertaken by regulated dental professionals. The High Court has overturned a Magistrates’ Court’s decision to acquit Ms Lorna Jamous of the offences of practising dentistry and unlawfully carrying on the business of dentistry when not regulated by the GDC.
Read more: GDC stance on whitening upheld
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Published: Friday, 24 May 2013 16:34
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A general dental practitioner from London has revealed that the skull and jaw
of King Richard III, found in a Leicester car park last year, were badly damaged,
lending support to reports that the blows thatkilled him were so heavy that it drove
the king’s crown into his head.
Dr Amit Rai, writing in the peer-reviewed British Dental Journal, said: “Richard
is likely to have been killed by one of two blows to the base of the skull from
some of the most advanced military weapons of the time.”
Read more: Secrets of Richard III’s death and life revealed
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Published: Thursday, 23 May 2013 16:44
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has written to health minister Earl Howe calling for a full inquiry into the circumstances around the death of a dentist in Leeds at the end of 2012. Dr John Milne, the Chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee, said: “The sad death of Dr Kamath is not the first suicide by a dentist under pressure in this way, but it must be the last.”
Read more: BDA calls for inquiry into dentist’s suicide
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