Controversial Fluoride Study Published
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- Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2022 07:39
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The search for this year’s best dental acronym may be over with the publication of the CATFISH study.
1 comments 1 comments“It’s a family affair.” The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Conference
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- Published: Monday, 21 November 2022 08:15
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The 18th British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) annual conference was held in Newport this year. It took the title “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.”
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TikTok Craze Dentist Reported To GDC
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- Published: Friday, 18 November 2022 09:39
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Some GDPUK readers may have felt rather old as they read a recent Times story about a GDC hearing involving an orthodontist. It turns out that the controversial orthodontist in the news now, is the son of the controversial orthodontist that they remember.
28,000 New Dental Patients Claim For Swansea By April
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- Published: Thursday, 17 November 2022 07:44
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CyrmuOnline has reported that “around 28,000 new patients will be offered NHS appointments at dental practices in Swansea Bay by April, 2023”.
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NHS Has Enough Money Says Health Secretary
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- Published: Wednesday, 16 November 2022 07:57
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It may be a minority opinion but Steve Barclay, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has decided that the NHS has enough money.
Rugby Dentist Urges Desperate Patients to Contact MP
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- Published: Monday, 14 November 2022 08:17
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As the NHS dental access crisis shows no signs of abating, a Rugby based practice, Atwal & Barot, has, according to the BBC Coventry & Warwickshire News website, uploaded a recorded message to its answerphone advising would patients both private and NHS that it is operating at capacity and suggests that they contact their MP to talk about “the crisis in NHS dentistry”.
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GDC Launch Consultation Into Interim Orders
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- Published: Monday, 14 November 2022 08:14
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In another “soft launch” the GDC have quietly announced a consultation that could affect all registrants. It would add to the particular powers that the GDC has to suspend any registrant, before they have had the opportunity to defend themselves in the full Fitness to Practice (FTP) process.
52% Of American Dentists Have Seen Patients Who Are High. Are Yours?
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- Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 08:16
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Two online surveys conducted earlier this year by the American Dental Association – the ADA - one of 557 dentists and a second nationally representative survey of 1,006 consumers - have revealed that more than half of dentists (52%) reported patients arriving for appointments high on marijuana or another drug.
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Start Date For Additional UDA's Confirmed
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- Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 08:12
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NHS England has confirmed that effective from Friday 25th November, Band Two courses of treatment that include filling or extracting or non-molar endodontic procedures on three or more teeth will be awarded 5 UDAs whilst molar endodontics will attract 7 UDAs.
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