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A Government minister has ridiculed different dental floss for women, amid a growing row over ‘gender marketing’. Caroline Dinenage, the minister for women and equalities, scoffed at the idea during a Commons debate over different products for women, some at higher prices. Ms Dinenage started by highlighting a lady ballpoint’s pen – available ‘in pastel…
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See GEO Orthodontic UK at the upcoming Dentistry Show and find out about its Nuvola aligner system. Nuvola is a transparent aligner system that facilitates gradual and painless teeth straightening to address phonetic, functional, aesthetic and other orthodontic issues. Nuvola aligners are extremely subtle due to their high quality construction, careful trimming to follow the gingival margin…
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Julian English explains how delegates can receive 15 hours of verifiable CPD from Dentistry 16: Stars of Dentistry. A few weeks ago I received a letter from the General Dental Council (GDC) asking how we could offer 15 hours of verifiable CPD in a one-day course – a very good question. There is a long…
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Julian English explains how the winner of the Dentistry Top 50 is decided. It was only after an editorial advisory board meeting for Dentistry magazine that I realised how frustrating ‘perception is reality’ is. Often described as The X Factor of the dental profession, the Dentistry Top 50 (much like the popular television singing contest)…
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The NHS could save £8.2 million if 12-year-olds are encouraged to chew sugarfree gum, a new study has concluded. The study, published in the British Dental Journal, found that if 12-year-olds in the UK were to chew one additional piece of sugarfree gum per day, the NHS would save up to £2.8 million on dental…
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Root canal treatment claims are up 42% in the last five years, according to the Dental Defence Union (DDU). Over 1,400 claims included root canal treatment, around a quarter of the total claims made to the DDU, causing it to warn dentists to recognise their technical limits and be prepared to refer patients if necessary…
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A fantastic opportunity to take your dentistry to the next level with one of the ‘masters’ in aesthetic and restorative dentistry, Dr Tidu Mankoo. The next restorative and aesthetic dentistry year course starts in Windsor in March 2016. ‘This comprehensive restorative course given by Tidu Mankoo is a fantastic course geared to giving practical…
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Christie & Co explains why now is a good time to buy and sell your dental practice. Following 15 years of formally valuing dentistry practices for banks, Christie & Co recognised the need for a national company to enter the market to offer a range of business and property services to the sector and began providing sales,…
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The BDA and SDPC have voiced their disappointment with the Scottish Government over plans to introduce unannounced practice inspections. The committees have said they are ‘unanimously and overwhemingly’ opposed to the proposals to enable NHS boards to make unannounced inspections in dental practices around Scotland. ‘The Scottish Parliament is poised to pass regulations that could…
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Dr Dominique Kanaan is the founder of K2 dental, a private dental practice in London, England. With more than 10 years as private practice dentist, four of them on her own, she is familiar with the variety of additional services that can provide significant value to any dental business. Although she qualified to become an orthodontist, she was…
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Benefit yourself, your nurse and your patients. Isolite is the award-winning, must have system recognised in the ‘Top 50 Greatest Game Changers in Dentistry’. Try it for yourself and book a no obligation practice demonstration today. Call 01943 605050 to book. ‘Nothing reduces humidity like Isolite’ – Michael Melkers DDS, FAGD ‘It’s comfortable for the patient and…
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The GDC is not fulfilling its responsibility of trying to keep the ARF as low as possible, Seb Evans says. As soon as it feels like we’ve all moved on and we can start talking about something else, the GDC makes the headlines again. This time it is to do with the total cost of severance…
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The GDC spent £449,000 on severance packages for 12 members of staff during the period 1 January 2015 to 19 January 2016. The General Dental Council (GDC) claims these packages, released to Dentistry.co.uk after a Freedom of Information request, were to ‘reflect the period of huge organisational change that occurred last year’, including a restructure…
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MPs and Ministers discussed Britain’s child tooth decay crisis and ways to tackle the epidemic. The debate on 3 February involved Sir Paul Beresford MP, a practising dentist and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on dentistry and oral health, who explained that dental decay is the number one reason children aged five to nine…
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The European Alert Mechanism has been launched to protect patients from potentially unsafe dental professionals. The system aims to make European dentistry much more transparent, giving dental regulators the chance to identify dental professionals who may have been banned whilst working in other European countries. ‘As dental professionals, patients need to know that they can…
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Rupert Hoppenbrouwers has voiced concern over the level of pressure dentists are working under as he steps down from the DDU. The head of the DDU, Rupert Hoppenbrouwers, made the comments in his final speech as head of the Dental Defence Union (DDU) before he handed over the role to his successor John Makin, and said in…
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Ergonomics: minimise twisting and reaching Thin tapered back Slim 12-3/4” width at top of chair back Integrated touch pads located on both sides of upper backrest Simplicity: added value Simple chair controls include auto return, last position, three pre-sets and manual settings Slim, wider cantilever for ease of internal umbilical Easily visible illuminated ‘on’ indicator…
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The Prime Minister has been challenged over the lack of NHS dentists in Bradford South at Prime Minister’s Questions recently. Judith Cummins MP questioned David Cameron about the availability of NHS dentistry in her area, Bradford South, explaining that less than half of the children living in her area had seen a dentist in the last…
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The GDC is asking for the professions thoughts on plans to modernise its fitness to practise process. The General Dental Council (GDC) hopes that it can introduce case examiners into the fitness to practise proceedings, which it claims could make the process quicker, safer for patients and less stressful for professionals. ‘This consultation is a…
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