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Experience the Denplan difference
Discover the Denplan difference with a range of flexible dental payment plans. To learn how Denplan can help support you and your practice visit www.denplan.co.uk/thirty. https://youtu.be/QxJ7rctxSLs
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Antibiotics being handed out ‘like smarties’ by online pharmacies
A BBC investigation has revealed a rise in the number of online pharmacies selling antibiotics without face-to-face consultations. A number of medical organisations, including the British Dental Association (BDA), have raised concerns over the way antibiotics can be prescribed to patients without any checks and against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. ‘This BBC…
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Significant decline in performance of key NHS agencies
Dentists have reported a significant decline in the performance of key agencies, including NHS England, over the past year. Many practitioners have now been left unable to attach performers to contracts, leading NHS England to offer two-month extensions for claims relating to new performers, along with it pledging to bring down the current backlog of applications. Other…
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Imperfect teeth one of the biggest turn offs
Imperfect teeth are one of the biggest turn offs, a new survey from Iwhite Instant has found. The study shows a third of Brits base their first impressions on physical appearance and what somebody is wearing, whilst the top five reasons for turn offs were: A cheesy chat up line – 77% Imperfect teeth – 65% If…
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New composite will remineralise decaying teeth
A new bioactive glass composite claims to be able to remineralise teeth, replacing the minerals lost to tooth decay. More than eight million cavities are filled every year in the UK using amalgam. Biomin Technologies, the company behind the new bioactive glass composite, claims the composite will release fluoride, calcium and phosphate into the surrounding tooth mineral, helping to…
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Smart dental surgery solutions
Since its creation in 2005, Hygitech has been on a mission to find simple and efficient solutions to the challenges faced by today’s oral surgeons. The French-based company’s first innovation was the development of hygiene kits, which brought together all the components necessary for surgery in one place, and it has been working to better the life…
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Lifetime Lingual: an aesthetic permanent retainer
Nikhil Arolker highlights the benefits of the Lifetime Lingual ceramic hybrid retainer. A revolution in permanent retention, the Lifetime Lingual (LTL) retainer has been designed to solve many of the problems associated with traditional fixed wire and fibre retainers, such as fractures, debonds, poor hygiene and poor aesthetics. Made from a ceramic hybrid material that…
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The Big Debate: the increasing cost of running a dental practice
Dentistry chaired a panel discussion of profession leaders at Dental Politics: The Big Debate to gain insight into how the increasing cost of running a dental practice is affecting the profession. The cost of compliance to the average sole practitioner practice increased by 845% in 2014. And it costs a single handed practitioner £11,200 on…
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Landmark antimicrobial resistance declaration signed
A landmark declaration to rid the world of antimicrobial resistance superbugs has been signed by 193 countries. The declaration has been welcomed by the British Dental Association (BDA), after studies showed many patients attend their GP for dental issues due to costs, and 57.1% of those patients are offered antibiotics as a stop gap to help…
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COHIPB – England’s answer to Childsmile – is launched
The Children’s Oral Health Improvement Programme Board (COHIPB) has been launched in England to help combat children’s oral health issues. The board, headed by Public Health England, brings together the BSPD, NHS England, the BDA, the Local Government Association and the Institute of Health Visiting, with the aim of ensuring that: Child oral health is on…
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Concerns over the future of the Designed to Smile programme raised
The future of the Designed to Smile programme, the oral health improvement programme in Wales, has been called into question. Oral health was not given any mention in the Welsh government’s Taking Wales Forward document, which has raised concerns over the future of the Designed to Smile programme that, according to Cardiff University, has reduced dental decay…
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Half of adults in England not visiting an NHS dentist
Almost half (48.3%) of adults in England haven’t seen an NHS dentist in the last two years, figures from NHS Digital show. The latest NHS Dental Statistics have been released today and they show 22.1 million adult patients were seen by an NHS dentist in the 24 months up to the 30 June 2016, which represents 51.7% of the…
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Get 28% off the Adhese Universal Vivapen
Why choose the Adhese Universal Vivapen? The Adhese Universal Vivapen allows simple ‘click’ activation, which dispenses the exact amount of material needed for each procedure, resulting in a significant reduction in material waste. Not only does the Vivapen avoid wastage, its snap-on flocked cannula brush ensures gentle application to rid any unwanted patient discomfort. Unlike…
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Learn surgical and restorative implant dentistry
Applications are being invited for a part-time, one day a month, hospital-based postgraduate certificate course in implant starting on 16 November 2016. The emphasis of this unbiased, multi-system course, which I have been running in association with Straumann/ITI, Megagen and other implant systems since 1993, is to teach practitioners how to incorporate implant treatments into…
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Catch The Singing Dentist at Showcase
The Singing Dentist joins the line-up of Practice Plan‘s Business Skills Theatre speakers at this year’s BDIA Dental Showcase. Practice Plan will once again be hosting its on-stand Business Skills Theatre at the annual BDIA Dental Showcase taking place next month, but this year it will be shaking things up with its best theatre line-up…
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Chewing sugarfree gum could help oral hygiene maintenance
Chewing sugarfree gum after eating or drinking is a valuable tool that can help support oral hygiene when patients don’t have immediate access to more traditional oral care techniques. The European Commission (EC) has approved five oral health claims for sugarfree chewing gum, one of the few food categories to gain such recognition (EFSA, 2010). EC…
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GDC launches new scheme to encourage local resolution
The General Dental Council (GDC) has introduced a new process of dealing with complaints, encouraging local resolution. Following a pilot run last year, the dental regulator will now refer concerns to the NHS when the complaint raised does not significantly impact on a dental professional’s ability to practice dentistry. ‘For too long, the GDC has…
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Profession calls for more positive messages about NHS dentistry
NHS dentistry should be conveyed more positively in the national press, according to the latest NHS Confidence Monitor survey results. Dental professionals feel that more positive messages would help to improve the public’s perception and understanding of NHS dentistry and more than half of the respondents had ideas on how to improve the profession’s confidence in NHS…
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Dishonest dentists and dental care professionals treated too harshly
Dishonest dentists and dental care professionals are being too harshly treated by regulators, a new report has claimed. The report, Dishonest behaviour by health and care professionals, commissioned by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) analysed the views of the public and other professionals on the sanctions handed out by regulators to healthcare professionals. It found that the…