Mr Sebastian Evans

The BDA museum has been honoured with a prestigious Jodi Award for its involvement in a project focused on adults with learning disabilities. The 2010 award for Digital Access for People with a Learning Disability was recently presented to the museum which provided the principal setting for the digital documentary film, No Fairies.  The project…

Royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton has paid a visit to the dentist to make sue her teeth look great on the big day, reports the Daily Mail. The future princess is said to have seen orthodontist Dr Didier Fillion on London’s Wimpole Street for a makeover in time for her engagement announcement. And the newspaper reports…

The Preventive Practice of the Year 2010 is designed to recognise the UK practice with the strongest, best established and well thought out preventive ethos, whether it be NHS, private or mixed. As a team, it will successfully communicate the oral health message to their patients, and will work together to raise oral health standards…

Medical and dental personnel and the parents of children with asthma should be aware of the connection between asthma and oral hygiene, so says Swedish researcher and dental hygienist, Malin Stensson. Malin, of the Institute of Odontology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, examined children, adolescents and young adults in the age groups of three years old,…

A major symposium today (Thursday) unveiled the newest research technologies in the world of oral health. It also saw the first UK presentation of Oral-B’s all-in-one Pro-Expert toothpaste. Experts in the fields of oral health, biofilms and oral disease joined scientists and researchers to learn of Oral-B’s latest developments in oral care product technology. The…

For more than 10 years, cosmetic dentistry practice, The London Smile Clinic, has been leading the way with its ground-breaking treatments. Add ito this its exceptional standards of service, modern facilities and comprehensive aftercare. So, when it comes to top tips for achieving the perfect smile, who better to provide them than clinic founder Dr…

Plans to introduce revalidation for dentists will reduce the number of patients seen. That’s the verdict of the British Dental Association (BDA) outlined in its response to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) consultation on revalidation for dentists. The response argues that the proposals are onerous, bureaucratic and inappropriate, and out of step with the GDC’s…

Changes within the NHS will mean that come April 2011, personal dental schemes will be phased out in favour of a ‘pioneered’ personal contract. In response to these changes, Raj Rattan, dento-legal adviser for Dental Protection, will be delivering a series of Shaping Your Future seminars to offer information and guidance to dentists with NHS…

Professor Christopher Tredwin has returned to his roots by taking up the post of Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Director of Clinical Dentistry at the Peninsula Dental School, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. Born and educated in the South West, Professor Tredwin returns to the area after some 20 years in London. He entered…

King’s College London Dental Institute’s Flexible Graduate Programme has received recognition with a 548,000 dollar donation from healthcare product provider company, Henry Schein, Inc. The money will fund training, scholarships and awards. King’s College London Dental Institute trains 20% of all dentists in the UK and, with its pioneering approach to online learning, also provides professional…

The controversial implementation of new healthcare regulation is to come under scrutiny in a debate on the Care Quality Commission next month. Cynthia Bower, chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, and Dr John Milne, chair of the British Dental Association’s general dental practice committee, will be among health experts discussing the future of healthcare regulation…

Is one of your new year’s resolutions to visit your dentist? For many people this can be a very stressful and fearful experience. Dental phobia, or dental anxiety, is distressingly common amongst the general public; the recently published Adult Dental Health Survey showed that over a third of adults have a moderate dental anxiety and…

The General Dental Counci (GDC) needs to provide greater detail about the cost and fairness of its revalidation proposals for dentists. That’s according to dental legal experts, the Dental Defence Union (DDU). In its response to the GDC’s consultation document [1], the DDU highlights a number of concerns about the GDC’s plans for external verifiers…

In what is believed to be the biggest debate on the subject of its kind, four dental implant manufacturers will join dental practitioners, academics and students at the Peninsula Dental School for Why choose our titanium? The implant debate and your choice. The event will take place at the Peninsula Dental School in the Roland…

Actor James Frain has revealed the reason behind his True Blood character’s extra-long fangs. The actor, who played the vampire Franklin Mott in the third season of True Blood, was recently asked by Press Association if he believed that his fangs were a critique of the ‘bad teeth’ of the British. He replied: ‘That is…