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Dentacoin value surges over 900% in the last 30 days as cryptocurrency continues to gain more popularity amongst investors. Dentistry.co.uk published a story about Dentacoin earlier in the month explaining how more dental practices are beginning to accept Dentacoin as a form of payment. The cryptocurrency was valued at $0.000078 per coin on 7 December, however at the time…
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Sponsored by GC UK and Simplyhealth Professionals and presented by the prosthodontic and aesthetic groups at King’s College London Dental Institute, The Erosive Toothwear Symposium, which will be held at Guy’s Campus in London on 23 March 2018, promises to be an event not to be missed! In a stimulating programme featuring some of the world’s…
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In series 11 episode four of Would I lie to you? Bob Mortimer regaled host Rob Brydon, team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, and guests Susie Dent, Ore Oduba and Stacey Solomon with the claim that for the past 15 years he had been doing his own dentistry. To their amazement he then went on…
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Are you prepared for the pension savings annual allowance changes? Braemar Finance explains how it could help. With tax bills about to arrive, there are finance options available to both individuals and businesses to help spread the cost of any tax liability. And never has this been more important because following amendments to the pension…
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Tony Kilcoyne has published a letter in the Daily Telegraph highlighting the crisis NHS dentistry is facing today. In the letter, which has received more than 400 signatories, Tony claims dentists are being swamped with red tape and targets, without being given sufficient time or funding, leading to Brits having to turn to ‘charities from the developing…
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Takara Belmont explains why it might be time to take a look at the colour (and chairs) in your dental practice. Red is a popular colour and has many meanings in the 21st century. One of the strongest associations it has is with the left; it has long been linked with socialism and communism – think…
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Dentist, Aslam Khan, had this to say about the recent course he attended in Shrewsbury under the tutoring of Mark Lester and Jim Toms. Dentale’s ‘Week long introduction to implantology’ is exactly that and more. ‘How’ you may ask? This course will be the beginning of a new chapter in your career, it has everything…
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Half of children’s sugar intake comes from consuming unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks, Public Health England says. It goes on to claim that this high sugar intake is leading to obesity and painful tooth decay amongst children, causing Public Health England to start encouraging parents to limit children’s snacks to only 100-calorie snacks, two a day max, all as…
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The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) has named its transition board to help it become an independent college. The board includes Professor Nairn Wilson CBE (chair), Kevin Lewis, Duncan Rudkin, Neil Sawbridge and Mick Horton, who combined have experience across a broad range of dentistry, covering everything from working for the GDC to…
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Single file system for modern endodontics. With new technology, the S1 system makes root canal treatment more simple. For more information visit www.sendoline.com.
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched its new model of continuing professional development (CPD) for dentists. Enhanced CPD (ECPD) came into force for dentists on 1 January 2018, whilst for other members of the dental team it will come into force in August 2018 and the GDC claims this will help to make CPD more…
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Dr Irina Beleva gives us her thoughts on the Tipton Training course. For more information visit tiptontraining.co.uk.
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Alexandra Heath-Foulds and Chris Minall demystify the five most common untruths surrounding dental diode lasers, and give us an insight to how the Gemini diode laser from Ultradent in particular can increase patient comfort, make you stand out in the market place, and increase practice productivity. In a recent survey held by the BDIA, diode…
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Dentacoin, a new cryptocurrency aimed at the dental profession, has risen by 92% in the last week. Last week, www.dentistry.co.uk ran a story about Dentacoin (www.dentistry.co.uk/2017/12/12/dental-practice-starts-accepting-cryptocurrency-dentacoin), being used by the forward thinking to pay for dental treatment. The first practice in the UK to accept the currency is Dentaprime F3T Dental Clinic in London. Both patients…
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Spending on dental care has dropped in real terms by £7.50 per head in England over the last decade. That’s according to a British Dental Association (BDA) study, which has found that, despite coalition and Conservative Government promises, spending on the NHS dental system has dropped, while patient charges have increased by 80%. The BDA…
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Many dental practices are breaching copyright rules by using televisions without the correct licence, Code has said. Dental practices are classed as public spaces meaning they require a separate licence to show television programmes or films, either live on terrestrial TV, through DVDs or on the internet. Along with a normal TV licence, dental practices require…
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Professor Liz Kay has been announced as the new president of the Oral Health Foundation. She will start her new two-year role immediately, combining her presidency with working as foundation dean of Peninsula Dental School in Plymouth. ‘I have supported the Oral Health Foundation for very long time and I am honoured to be elected president,’ Professor…
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The GDC has published Shifting the balance: The GDC’s response to your views and next steps today. This comes after the General Dental Council (GDC) launched a consultation on its plans for the future of dental regulation in January, outlined in Shifting the balance. The GDC claims it received 86 responses from individual practitioners, professional associations and partners, with responses being…
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