Mr Sebastian Evans

King’s College London Dental Institute has been recognised as the UK’s first Healthcare Centre of Excellence. The award was granted in recognition of patient improvements achieved by implementing a bar-coded instrument ‘track-and-trace’ system. Installed by GS1 UK solution provider Meditrax, King’s College London Dental Institute now has much more visibility over approximately 16,000 surgical instruments it…

In 1985, 175 people were admitted to Stafford Hospital with symptoms similar to that of a severe chest infection. Of those admitted, 28 died. The cause was found to be Legionnaire’s disease and the infection was traced to an air conditioning cooling tower on the hospital roof. On close examination, it was discovered that the…

Risotto xoxo, all-day breakfast frittata and slip down slurp down pasta – these are just three of the recipes featured in a new recipe booklet for anyone undergoing orthodontic treatment. After braces have been fitted for the first time, or after subsequent appointments when wires on orthodontic appliances are tightened, teeth and gums can become…

For many years, British dentists have been trained in well-founded and so-called ‘evidence’ based dentistry, in which research has been carried out to establish the most appropriate method of treatment for patients. The establishment of dentistry within the National Health Service has proved greatly beneficial to patients in many ways, but can be a stumbling…

New findings in a dental survey show that access to NHS dentistry has improved at the expense of quality. More than half (54%) of the UK population has experienced change in dental services in the past four years, with reduction in quality of treatment and lower levels of NHS cover cited as the main reasons. The…

Alison Lockyer has resigned as chair of the General Dental Council (GDC) and as a member of the Council amid rumours of divisions within the regulatory body. Alison says: ‘It is with regret that I have decided to resign from my post as chair of the General Dental Council. ‘It would not be appropriate at…

Once upon a time, long before evidence-based dentistry, there was synapse-based dentistry. Some of you may remember it. A few of you may even have fond memories of it. The fundamental principle was that you needed to think about dentistry and make clinical judgements taking into account all the circumstances of the case, using your…

Dr Janet Clarke, clinical director of Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust Community Dental Service (CDS) and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Dental School, will become the 125th president of the British Dental Association (BDA) on Thursday 19 May. She will be presented with her chain of office and make her inaugural speech as BDA president at…

The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust has created a memorial prize in honour of the late Dr John Zamet, the founding chairman of its London Chapter. Dr Zamet was an honorary consultant and senior research fellow at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute and a past president and honorary member of the British Society of Periodontology and…

Few principals would argue with the premise that increasing levels of business bureaucracy, as well as ever more stringent clinical regulations, are demanding more and more of their precious time. The twin imperatives for any dental practice, delivering high-class care while still balancing the books, can sometimes seem secondary to filling in forms. In these…

Creating a business built for success is no mean feat, but it’s fair to say that behind the scenes at Visage Lifestyle Clinic in Glasgow things have been progressing at an impressive rate of knots.From opening its doors in November 2005 with six staff members and no patients, Attiq Rahman has led Visage to inspirational…

An independent poll on tooth whitening reveals for the first time ever in the UK the public’s attitudes to tooth whitening and public safety. The survey was carried out by dental regulators, the General Dental Council (GDC), and shows that more than 80% of the 1,021 adults polled thought tooth whitening should only ever be…

The Department of Health’s announcement of just a 0.5% increase in contract values for general dental practitioners in England for 2011/12 is a pay cut that will negatively affect their ability to invest in patient care, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned. The BDA demonstrated in its evidence to the Department of Health that…

An overwhelming 89% of readers who voted in our ‘call me doctor’ poll think it is appropriate for dentists to continue using the courtesy title. Passions ran high as we tested the opinion of the profession on the recommendation to Council by the General Dental Council’s Standards committee that dentists should no longer call themselves…