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My articles focus on how the digital world and digital technology can enhance your dental practice. I thought it might be worthwhile to consider both the reasons why practitioners sometimes do not embrace the new digital age, and also the consequences of not doing so. Smoother running Of course, digital technology is ever-expansive and can…
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Dentistry.co.uk is absolutely appalled at recent news from the General Dental Council. The proposals to increase the annual retention fee (ARF) by 64%, a figure so much higher than the current rate of inflation, is embarrassing. If that was not enough, readers of a nationally distributed publication, the Saturday Daily Telegraph, were encouraged to officially…
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The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme has launched three new CPD modules, just in time for many dental care professionals seeking to secure their 50 hours of verifiable CPD before the 31 July deadline. Wrigley has partnered with dental hygienist and nutrition expert, Juliette Reeves to author two new CPD modules. Saliva and Oral Health Part…
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The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme has launched three new CPD modules, just in time for many dental care professionals seeking to secure their 50 hours of verifiable CPD before the 31 July deadline. Wrigley has partnered with dental hygienist and nutrition expert Juliette Reeves to author two new CPD modules. Saliva and Oral Health Part…
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To be in with a chance to win a free iPod Shuffle or two free tickets for the World Aesthetic Congress in September in London just complete one, two and three Read the article below Answer the questions Email answers to Julian@dentistry.co.uk and include your name and practice address. Then you will be entered into…
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Dr Asif Chatoo, a Wimpole Street orthodontic specialist, has been elected secretary of the General Council of the European Society of Lingual Orthodontics (ESLO). Founded in 1992, the ESLO is the European society dedicated to lingual orthodontics with more than 200 members from around the world. It provides orthodontists with the opportunity to join together,…
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Niki is practice manager at Identity Individual Dental Care in Billingham, Stockton on Tees and lives in Thirsk, north Yorkshire, where she and her husband Mark run a guest house. On her appointment as president, Niki said: ‘I’m delighted to be appointed as president of Association of Dental Administrators and Managers (ADAM). 'I first started to…
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FMC, Dentistry magazine and www.dentistry.co.uk are undertaking the biggest survey in recent times to find out where general dentistry is going in terms of practice development and CPD (continuous professional development). Help us to map out the future of dentistry by filling in the easy-to-complete survey found here. In submitting the survey you will be automatically…
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There are a number of strategies that can be implemented in the practice to ensure a positive and dynamic environment. Most of them begin with addressing your own mindset. As a business manager, one has to take responsibility for the happiness and motivation of each member of your staff. Involve yourself from the onset In…
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This has come following a poor appraisal of its performance by the Professional Standards Authority, and the dental community's outrage over a proposed 64% hike in the annual retention fee (ARF). In a letter to Jeremy Hunt, the chair of the BDA's (British Dental Association's) Principal Executive Committee (PEC), Mick Armstrong, highlights that the GDC…
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There’s excitement in the air as Practice Plan announce the arrangements for its forthcoming workshop tour. Every year, the tour gets bigger and better and this year is no exception. Not only has it added another date to the tour calendar, taking it to 13 dates across the UK, but it has also managed to…
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Denplan has complained to the chair of the General Dental Council (GDC) following the publication of a full-page advertisement in the Daily Telegraph inviting private dental patients to report to the profession’s regulator if they are 'not completely happy' with their care. In a letter to the chair, Denplan notes that it has worked in…
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The GDC annual retention fee hike of 64% is whipping up the profession into a frenzy. I have received statements and letters from all corners of the profession, and not one person has a good word to say. When you add the GDC 'ambulance-chaser' advert to the public canvassing for cases, this regulator is profoundly…
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The third edition of Public Health England’s toolkit for preventive dentistry has been welcomed by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD). Claire Stevens, media spokesperson for BSPD and a consultant in paediatric dentistry, said that keeping the guidance up-to-date, both reflecting the latest evidence as well as what is recognised good practice, was helpful…
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The proposed increase in the annual retention fee (ARF) would see the cost for dentists rising from £576 to £945, and the GDC is currently consulting on its proposal. Although sharing the concerns of those alarmed by the size of the increase, Dental Protection is warning dental professionals to tread carefully when making public their…
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When I first heard this book was coming my way I was quite excited. I have been a big fan of Sheila’s approach to dental practice, and having heard her on many occasions talking about different things, I was excited to see it all joined up and put into one place. I read it front…
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Entitled ‘Implant Dentistry Moving Forward: Experience – Evidence – Excellence’, ADI (Association of Dental Implantology) president, Philip Friel, and ADI scientific coordinator, Stephen Jacobs, have invited highly respected, world-renowned speakers to form an event that is unparalleled in the dental implant industry. ‘The biennial ADI Team Congress has now become the leading dental implant meeting in…
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This article reports on some of the results of a survey of UK salaried primary care dentists that took place in summer 2013 focusing on levels of job stressfulness and the sources of work-related stress. In summer 2013, the BDA (British Dental Association) undertook a national survey of community and salaried primary dental care services…
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The Daily Telegraph advert encourages patients to complain directly to the GDC’s (General Dental Council's) Dental Complaints Service (DCS) if they are not completely satisfied with their private dental care. The BDA (British Dental Association) believes the dental regulator has a duty to promote its services in a responsible manner. In the BDA’s view, the ad falls foul…
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