Sebastian Evans

The 2013 National Dental Nursing Conference will this year be held at the NEC Birmingham alongside Dental Showcase, to allow delegates the opportunity to benefit from both events with minimal travel costs and disruption to work schedules. The Conference, which will take place on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 October 2013, is open to all…

A dentist has been struck off by the General Dental Council (GDC) following a public hearing at which it was found proved that he conducted an inappropriate intimate examination on a woman and offered to perform female circumcision on two children. The allegations against Omar Sheikh Mohamed Addow were heard by the GDC’s Professional Conduct…

The Forum is a unique one-day event consisting of two parallel streams of stimulating lectures, one surgical and the other restorative, delivered by 24 ADI Members drawn from the whole dental implant team. This stimulating event is exclusive to ADI members, and will provide seven hours of verifiable CPD as well as a great opportunity…

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Professor Steve Field as its first Chief Inspector of General Practice. Professor Field, a GP and past Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, joins CQC from NHS England, where he was its deputy national medical director responsible for addressing health inequalities. The Chief Inspector of General…

The study, published in Cancer Prevention Research, showed the human papillomavirus (HPV), transmitted via oral sex, was found to be associated with gum disease, tooth loss and other dental problems. The study found those who said they had poor oral health had more than twice the number of HPV infections (56%), a number similar to…

Following a rigorous recruitment process the General Dental Council (GDC) has confirmed that 33 new Fitness to Practise panel members joined the regulator on 27 August 2013. Fitness to Practise panel members play a vital role in the GDC’s work to protect patients and raise standards in dentistry. The GDC has the power to take…

Organised by Dental Protection and Schülke, this year it will take place Saturday 23 November at The Shaw Theatre in London. Speakers include: • Professor Tara Renton: The difficult extraction – Anticipating and managing complications in oral surgery: Oral surgery continues to feature prominently in the cases managed by DPL and very often the allegations…

If you haven’t already heard – PPD has gone digital! The band new app offers a modern way of reading and engaging with PPD via your tablet or smartphone – access live links, read visually high quality articles and interact through reader competitions wherever you are. To celebrate the launch of the brand new app we…

It all started in a very traditional way – a letter to The Times. Then head of the Royal College of GPs, Dr Clare Gerada added here powerful views; only to be rebutted by the medical director of Public Health England. It was the row about health checks for the over-40s, which Dr Gerada called…

Sleep medicine is expanding rapidly in the western world. Snoring affects one in three of the population.   One in ten of these have obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) primarily due to airway collapse with adverse consequences on many bodily systems.  Continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for severe OSA, however compliance…

Colgate, your partner in oral health, is committed to developing products and services to help support your clinical practice. Visit Stand H09 at the BDTA Dental Showcase being held 17- 19 October 2013 at NEC Birmingham.   Colgate’s medically licensed and clinically proven product range helps maintain good oral health and prevents and treats common…

The recent opening of the 16,000sq foot laboratory in Leeds was the vision of Mustafa Mohammed, Managing Director of Genix Healthcare. With the idea of reducing the vast number of dental technicians leaving the UK profession each year, it is hoped the proposed apprenticeship scheme will provide a boost to the British dental lab industry.…

Dentists’ taxable income in England and Wales for 2011/12 fell for the third year. The average income of an NHS contract holder in 2009/10 was £107,700, the following year – £102,100, then down to £99,600 last year. This is a fall of 7.5% over the three years. The income of associates (performer only) fell by…

This September the British Dental Association and Colgate are partnering to raise awareness of the importance of family oral health. Colgate Oral Health Month aims to inform and educate the general public on the importance of good oral health and to encourage communication between dental professionals and patients. The theme for the 2013 campaign is…

The programme is supported by COPDEND (The Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors). In the seven years since the educational resource was published, child maltreatment has rarely been out of the headlines. The cruel abuse of Baby P, the deaths of Mick Philpott’s children in a deliberately-started house fire and recent shocking news of…

Following the General Dental Council’s decision to remove the barrier to direct Aaccess, according to Kevin O’Brien, Chair of the GDC: 'This decision has been made with patient safety as an upmost priority. Registrants treating patients direct must only do so if appropriately trained, competent and indemnified. They should also ensure that there are adequate…

Business of Dentistry Events have lined up another fantastic event, with Sheila Scott and Michael Bentley set to take to the stage to deliver ‘The Perfect Patient Journey’ in Manchester and West Sussex later this year. The events will support practices in taking a step back from the patient journey to identify areas for improvement,…