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DEPPA (Denplan Previser Patient Assessment) is the UK’s only independently validated dental quality assurance programme. It features an easy to follow ‘traffic light’ system and produces a personalised and straightforward assessment to enable you and your team to take an active role in advising and reassuring patients about their oral health. Dentists and patients are…
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Seb Evans says, with everything that’s happened at the GDC, enough is enough, Bill Moyes should step down. I must admit to really hoping the General Dental Council (GDC) might have changed its ways recently. Towards the end of last year it seemed as though the GDC was making every effort to clean up its act, with Evlynne…
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Grab your chance to see Richard Field at the prestigious Stars of Dentistry, this June in London. The one-day event will bring together an impressive line-up of world-renowned experts for this high calibre dental symposium bursting with inspiration, variety and unrivalled quality. See Richard Field FMC is now offering young dentists a chance to attend Richard Field’s…
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Bill Moyes responds to Lord Hunt’s calls for the boards’ resignation, after the GDC was discussed in the House of Lords. Discussing the PSA’s lack of confidence in the General Dental Council (GDC), Lord Hunt explained: ‘I understand that the chief executive has resigned but no one else on the board seems prepared to take responsibility…
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The General Dental Council, regulator for the dental profession, has launched its plan for the next three years. Titled Patients, Professionals, Partners and Performance – The General Dental Council’s road map for 2016-2019 the document details how the GDC plans to improve its performance and efficiency. ‘Every organisation needs something to guide them in deciding what they’re going…
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Dental Protection and Schülke honoured Dental Student of the Year and Dental Practice of the Year at the Premier Symposium. The everyday challenges of the dental practice and the practical ways to overcome them came under the spotlight at the 15th Premier Symposium – the conference jointly organised by Dental Protection and Schülke. More than 300…
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Are you happy working within the NHS? If you are a practice manager with something to say, Practice Plan wants to hear from you. The NHS Confidence Monitor survey was created to provide a better understanding of the dental profession’s confidence levels in NHS dentistry, and Practice Plan wants to make sure every member of the…
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Seb Evans discusses the confusing reasons why a sugar tax may be introduced, and clarifies the real reason we should be taxing sugary foods. A sugar tax has made its way into the media again with the FGDP(UK) backing the introduction of it. With the pressure mounting and more people and companies throwing their weight behind the calls for a…
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Nature creates the most beautiful shapes and shades and these have guided the design of the new anterior moulds SR Vivodent S PE, a further development of a long-standing, successful tooth line. Aesthetically and prosthetically optimised, these moulds are designed to meet the individual requirements of today’s and tomorrow’s patients. SR Vivodent is a distinctive…
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A new study could see the end of needles being used as a way of delivering anaesthetics to patients. The study, from the University of São Paulo, found that a tiny electric current running through a gel, which sticks to the lining of the gums, can provide long-lasting and fast-acting numbness. ‘Over the last few years, our research group…
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Dentists’ leaders have joined a campaign against the scrapping of bursaries for student nurses – warning student dentists could be next. David Cameron is under fire for going back on a promise to save the grants to nurses and midwives in training, which will now be replaced with loans. The Prime Minister insists two-thirds of…
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Blackpool Council has voted in favour of introducing fluoride into schoolchildren’s milk to improve their oral health. The initiative will become part of the schoolchildren’s free breakfast scheme and will provide fluoridated milk to over 8,000 schoolchildren in 77 primary schools. ‘It is great that the local council has recognised that something needs to be…
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Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, has written a New Year message to the dental profession. ‘A belated happy New Year – congratulations to Margie Taylor (CDO Scotland) for her CBE, Eric Rooney (deputy CDO England) and Jane Davis-Slowik (associate dental dean Health Education England and special care dentist, Wolverhampton NHS) both appointed MBE…
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The GDC and the proposed section 60 order was debated over in the House of Lords yesterday (18 January). The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Lord Prior of Brampton, proposed new regulation that would allow the General Dental Council (GDC) to introduce case examiners, which it claims could increase the flexibility of fitness to practise procedures and…
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Dentaid has invited dentists, hygienists and nurses to volunteer for a trip to northern Morocco on 30 April to 8 May. The aim of the trip is to carry out dental treatments in schools for children and parents, as well as giving oral health education, tooth-brushing programmes and dietary advice. Access to dentistry in northern Morocco…
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It’s that time again, to vote for who you think has been the most influential in the profession, in Dentistry magazine’s and Dentistry.co.uk’s Dentistry Top 50. Once again we’re opening up the voting poll for you to have your say on who you think is the most influential in the world of dentistry and to make…
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A different method is needed if Tony Kilcoyne is going to make any change, Seb Evans says. One of the stories that has been trending recently on Twitter is the letter from Tony Kilcoyne published in The Telegraph. https://t.co/asRrAIwc5T Daily Telegraph article today exposes The Big Lie and Centralised denial – please share… — Tony Kilcoyne (@implants)…
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After she announced her decision to step down as chief executive and registrar of the GDC, Seb Evans questions Evlynne Gilvarry about her time at the regulator and some of the decisions she’s made. How do you think your time at the GDC has gone? Evlynne Gilvarry (EG): It’s been enourmously interesting, during a period…
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NHS practice sales as a percentage of goodwill have increased while valuations have dropped, according to NASDAL. The National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers’ (NASDAL’s) latest quarterly goodwill survey has shown that the average goodwill value for an NHS practice is 140% of the turnover, up from 125% in the previous quarter, whilst valuations…
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