Sebastian Evans

NHS dental care for vulnerable patients across the UK is suffering as financial pressures start to bite, research by the British Dental Association (BDA) has found. This is leaving dentists worried that they are unable to sustain the services they provide to patients against a tide of decline and neglect. Two-thirds of respondents to the survey,…

White light is appearing at the end of a 10-year long tunnel. The European Council has decided that tooth whitening will only be available to patients who have seen a dentist first. This applies to those products containing less than 6% hydrogen peroxide. Those with more than that remain illegal. The story goes back to…

Having access to HR support is not seen as a priority for many dental practices. However, in a sector where success depends on the skill and expertise of staff and the quality of the experience provided to patients, it is something that should be given serious consideration.  Many dental practices who don’t benefit from HR…

Dental indemnity experts are offering advice to those dentists and DCPs volunteering their services at London 2012 Following discussions with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), the team at Dental Protection will be on hand to help in the unlikely event that there is an adverse incident in respect of the provision…

Dentists and dental care professionals will see no increase in their registration fees in 2012 following a decision by the General Dental Council (GDC). This means dentists will pay £576 by 31 December 2011 and dental care professionals £120 by 31 July 2012. The decision to keep the fee at 2011 levels is in line with both…

The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed an agreement to amend the regulations governing the availability and use of tooth whitening products. A meeting of the European Commission’s Council has supported recommendations put forward by the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Products in 2007. The BDA and its partners in the Council of European…

Kevin O’Brien has today been elected as chair of the General Dental Council (GDC) with immediate effect. He takes on the role in a permanent capacity, replacing Derek Prentice who was elected Deputy Chair earlier this year. Kevin has been an appointed registrant member of Council since 2009. Kevin said: ‘I am very pleased to have been…

I thought I would have a look at what often seems to be one of the biggest challenges facing many dental business owners – leadership. My intention is to encourage thinking that is outside of the common themes. The volume of books available, suggests that ‘leadership’ eludes many and that it is something to acquire…

In a speech at the United Nations, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has called for governments across the world to work collectively to tackle the rising tide of lifestyle-related diseases. Addressing members of the United Nations General Assembly, who had convened to discuss the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, he set out that international action…

Dental professionals are being given extra time to respond to an online questionnaire about the General Dental Council’s (GDC) mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) scheme. The closing date is now 28 October 2011. The short survey is part of the review of the current scheme and the GDC is keen to learn from the experiences of a…

The Young Dentist Conference 2012 takes place 4 February at the Shaw Theatre, Novotel St Pancras in London. Specifically directed to the needs of dentists in the early years of their career, the seventh annual conference is organised by Dental Protection, the BDA and BDJ. ProgrammeYour generation looking after the older generationAs the populous of…

The British Dental Association (BDA) is hosting a new training event designed to help dentists detect signs of oral pre-cancer and cancer. It is hoped the event will save patients’ lives that might otherwise be needlessly lost and, by doing so, prevent dentists from being swept up in the growing wave of legal cases being…