The Care Quality Commission has effectively taken the lead in regulating Direct To Consumer Orthodontics, following the General Dental Council’s failure so far, to take any direct action on overseeing the growing industry.
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The General Dental Council has decided to appeal against a demand from the Information Commissioner, to reveal the contents of an email relating to the regulator’s decision to make controversial top-up furlough payments to its staff.
The former lover of a Northern Irish dentist who murdered both his wife and his lover’s husband, has spoken out from prison, with claims that the dentist tested ‘knock-out’ gas on her, before he used it in order to abuse women at his Coleraine surgery.
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The dental challenges that the newly-appointed Secretary of State for Health faces in his new role have been outlined on the BBC’s television news programme, Politics London by the British Dental Association’s Shawn Charlwood.
Read more: Where Does Dentistry Lie In The New Health Secretary’s In-Tray?
Cristiano Ronaldo’s much publicised shunning of Coca Cola at the UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament couldn’t have come at a better time for the UK Government’s strategy to reduce sugar intake.
Read more: Ronaldo’s Action Reinforces Government Advertising Restrictions
The British Dental Association has said it is “Vital” that the UK avoids a rapid ‘phase-out’ of dental amalgam.
The new College of General Dentistry (CGDent) is to offer its members access to over 900 hours of GDC compliant Continuing Professional Development resources.
Read more: New General Dentistry College Reveals Education Plans
Scotland is moving closer to an abolition of NHS dental charges after an announcement made by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.
The British Association of Private Dentistry has written a strongly worded letter to General Dental Council Chair Dr William Moyes, following the publication of the regulator’s response to the consultation ‘Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public.’