Sebastian Evans

Back in April of this year, Patient Plan Direct, one of the UK’s fastest growing dental plan providers, teamed up with Bacs, the organisation behind direct debit payments, to offer the practices that work with Patient Plan Direct an opportunity to give their patients ‘The Big Break’, whilst at the same time supporting Mouth Cancer…

Almost two thirds of dental professionals (DPs) find themselves repeating the same dietary and oral health advice for caries prevention in children during their appointment most or all of the time. Making matters worse, DPs believe that only 1% of parents always follow the advice given to them about their child’s diet. The survey, commissioned…

The BDA (British Dental Association) has argued that the CQC (Care Quality Commission) needed to move away from its current inspection regime, and expressed its hope of a more effective and efficient future for dental inspection. John Milne, chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC), said: 'Time and again the CQC has shown dentistry…

The contract launched in 2006 removed people's ability to permanently register with an NHS dentist, so patients cannot be 'deregistered' as the Healthwatch survey asserts. Once a patient finishes a course of treatment the next time they see the dentist, under the 2006 contract, they are regarded as a 'new' patient. Most practices continue to…

‘A fresh start for the regulation and inspection of primary dental care services’, comes ahead of a formal consultation and the start of trial inspections in November 2014. The new approach to regulation and inspection will be developed in partnership with other national organisations, dental care providers and people who use dental services. In making…

Research, carried out by Healthwatch England, shows that many NHS dental practices are operating at capacity – with just one in five accepting new patients in some areas.  A number of concerns have been highlighted after receiving reports from areas including Kirklees, Bolton and Leicester: People are having to travel further afield to find an…

In addition to the debate initiated by Dentistry on the General Dental Council (GDC), the British Dental Association (BDA) has published its own survey of members. Four out of five of its members are not confident that the GDC is regulating dentists effectively. In addition thousands of comments were added. It is a fair bet…

Reviewing a review of the contract reform proposals, it is clear health service dentistry providers have a challenge to make the contract work. But the contract reform is no enigma code. The boys will have it cracked with a bit of dedicated thought time. It might take two Sunday's rather than one but it will…

On Friday 20 June, Sparkle Dental Labs welcomed a selection of esteemed professionals to its remarkable premises in Leeds. The event presented a great opportunity to celebrate both the company’s first year of business as well as its successful drive for dental technician apprenticeships. Among the distinguished guests were Andrew Jones; MP for Harrogate and…

Dr Mona Nasser (pictured), from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, is clinical lecturer in evidence based dentistry, and she has won second prize in the British Dental Editors Forum (BDEF) Young Dental Communicators Award. Mona won the award for the successful communication of  her evidence review around the issue of environmental sustainability in…

Conventional/normal conditions lead to poor health Dental work is maybe one of the worst for your general health among all academic professions. More than half of dentists retire early and the rest continue to the bitter end with all the pains and degenerations.  Very few retire completely healthy and ready to have an active and…

Until now no specific training has been given to UK students on the use of lingual appliances; and with the increased interest in this type of system TOC was pleased to provide the opportunity for students to learn about the various aspects of lingual and help them gain the knowledge required to undertake lingual treatment.…

Following on from my previous article on the dangers of being left behind, I thought it would be helpful to seek advice from someone with expertise in helping people get to grips with the digital world. Charles Southey, operations director at Digital Results, has successfully devised countless digital strategies that have resulted in his clients…