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Straumann revenues hit by European downturn

Details: Published: Saturday, 23 February 2013 10:14; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1608

Straumann, the world's largest maker of dental implants, has reported profits last year of CHF 36.4 million against CHF 58 million forecast. North America was the key revenue driver, complemented by double-digit growth in China and Latin America. ‘Unfortunately’, the company said ‘these solid performances were not enough to compensate for sluggish sales in Europe, Japan and the Middle East’.

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Dental patients recalled in Northumberland

Details: Published: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:04; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2319

Fears over infection control at a Northumberland dental practice have led to 28 patients being recalled for checks and blood tests. The dentist practised at Genix Healthcare Dental Clinic in Alnwick. Patients are being offered a precautionary blood test for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV in keeping with best clinical practice, the dentist implicated is not practising for the time being.

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Record numbers visit GDPUK site

Details: Published: Friday, 15 February 2013 09:39; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1927

Tony Jacobs reports that the GDPUK.com website had it's busiest day ever on GDPUK on Tuesday 12th February 2013. The website had 2772 unique visitors on that day, all dental professionals.

Add to this 4,000 who read emails every day [a proven 120,000 per month], the reach of the site is wider and wider.

On February 19th, with further major issues affecting the UK dental sphere, the record was smashed again when 3,408 unique visitors logged into GDPUK.com.

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PSA responds angrily to BDA statement

Details: Published: Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:13; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2178

The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has responded angrily to the BDA statement on its Alison Lockyer report, describing it as 'misleading'. Harry Cayton, Chief Executive of the PSA, said, 'I find it astonishing that the BDA should choose to ignore the conclusions of our report and to misrepresent its content in this way. I urge people to read the report for themselves and not to rely on partial interpretations of it.'

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Lockyer report stirs up fierce controversy

Details: Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2013 12:57; Written by Stephen Van Russelt; Hits: 4235

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA formerly known as the CHRE) issued a lengthy (249 page) report on February 11, 2013 on concerns raised by the General Dental Council’s (GDC) former chair, Alison Lockyer.

The report has raised an intense debate, not only on GDPUK, but also including the British Dental Association and Dental Protection. This article aims to highlight some of the points made in the report and subsequent reaction.

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The answer is … another inspector

Details: Published: Monday, 11 February 2013 12:06; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1536

The Prime Minister responded to the Francis report on Stafford Hospital by announcing that the CQC will create a new Chief Inspector of Hospitals post to be responsible for new inspections regime from autumn. Since the report was published pressure has increased for Sir David Nicholson to resign.

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Environment a stronger influence of oral health than heredity

Details: Published: Monday, 11 February 2013 10:48; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1551

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Mussel-like adhesive may help hypersensitivity

Details: Published: Friday, 08 February 2013 09:55; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1494

New research into preventing tooth hypersensitivity has looked at the development of the substance, similar to the adhesive that mussels use to attach to rocks and other surfaces in water. A report appears in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. They report that bathing human teeth with worn-away enamel and dentine in liquid containing the sticky material and minerals.

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Child receives £9000 settlement for multiple extractions

Details: Published: Thursday, 07 February 2013 11:15; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1467

A five-year-old boy who had to have 13 deciduous teeth extracted after suffering severe toothache has accepted a £9,000 settlement from his dentist. Cameron Jackson had to have the decayed teeth removed when he was just three. His mother took legal action against his dentist, who failed to spot the decay after Cameron's toothache became increasingly painful.

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