Sebastian Evans

An 81-year-old dentist who pioneered an alternative treatment to orthodontics has been reprimanded by the General Dental Council (GDC) for misconduct. John Mew upset the governing body by openly arguing that the profession has promoted surgery as the only treatment for jaw misalignment and failing to tell patients of other methods. The GDC took issue…

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has appointed Professor StJohn Crean as director of dental research and knowledge transfer at UCLan. Professor Crean will be working within the Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education (IPDE) at the University, having previously held the post of associate director of undergraduate dental studies and year 3 lead at Peninsula…

Daniel Davis has been elected as the 19th president of the British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF). The news was announced at the Foundation’s Annual General Meeting, held at the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health in London. Daniel, operations director at Plandent Limited, follows in his father’s footsteps, John Davis, who was instrumental in…

Dentistry.co.uk brings you another chance to access the 2010 Dentistry Education Guide, as it’s now available to view online here. The guide is designed to bring you all the latest in the world of dental education with news, articles and information on available courses. Learn: • How to recession-proof your practice with tips from Fiona…

A survey into the salaries of dental nurses in the UK, conducted by BADN at the end of 2009, shows that the majority of dental nurses are earning less than £20,000 a year. The majority of dental nurses who participated in the survey had been working in dental nursing for more than 10 years (60%),…

The national e-learning initiative encompassing dentistry’s foundation years’ curriculum – e–Den –  goes live tomorrow (Wednesday) to more than 1,200 dental foundation trainees and trainers across the UK. The e-Den project is the first major collaboration between The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, The Royal College of…

The General Dental Council (GDC) is reminding dentists that there are now only six months until the end of the ‘transitional period’ for joining the Special Care Dentistry list. The list first opened on 1 October 2008 and the transitional period will close on 30 September 2010. After this date, UK applicants will need to…

Orthodontists from more than 100 countries converged on Sydney for the 7th International Orthodontic Congress (IOC). A contingent of around 150 British orthodontists was amongst those who headed ‘down under’; one of the largest international groups represented at the conference. Spearheading the British delegation was the Organising Committee of the 8th IOC, which is charged…

The presence of certain proteins in pre-malignant oral lesions may predict oral cancer development, a new study reveals. The findings, which help eliminate the guesswork in some cases, ‘are fundamental, according to lead author of the study, oral and maxillofacial pathologist Dr Kalu Ogbureke. Dr Ogbureke, from the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry,…

Cuts to the funding of dental academia could adversely affect the ability of UK dental schools to maintain the supply of high-quality new graduates into the workforce, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned today. The BDA’s warning follows the recent announcement by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) that funding allocations for…

The programme for this year’s British Dental Conference and Exhibition (20-22 May 2010 at the ACC, Liverpool) offers something for the whole dental team, with a number of sessions designed to appeal exclusively to dental care professionals and others scheduled with whole-team attendance in mind.  The conference aims to be able to equip the entire…

Denplan has ranked in ‘The Sunday Times 100 best companies to work for 2010’ listings for mid-sized companies again, placing inside the Top 25 companies to work for in the UK for the seventh consecutive year. Open to all companies in the UK, these awards are designed to distinguish between ‘the good and the most…

Dental Protection applauds the decision made by the Committee on Human Medicines of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to allow dental therapists and dental hygienists to perform extra functions under a Patient Group Direction: These are:• the administration of local anaesthetics  • the sale, supply or oral administration of fluoride supplements and toothpastes …

Implementation of the new dental access indicator is going ahead, following the completion of successful trials with 12 PCTs last year. The new indicator will assess the proportion of each PCT’s population that has tried to get an NHS dental appointment and the percentage of those people who have been successful. It will draw on…

No sooner had I talked up the electoral candidacy of the recently qualified Italian hygienist Nicole Minetti, than it all went horribly wrong for the young lady. I wish to apologise unreservedly to her, and can only conclude that either my unsolicited attention, or that of Silvio Berlusconi, was the kiss of death for her…

This is likely to be a time of life that has the greatest expense, high mortgage liabilities, practice loans to pay, children in private education, a time where there is considerable strain on the highest of incomes. It is therefore important to be on top of finances. The decisions that are made now will shape…

Ministers have recently been advised they should consider an increase in tuition fees for undergraduates taking courses such as law and medicine. The report suggested many undergraduates were not opposed to the idea of paying higher fees for ‘prestige’ courses which led to higher salaries. But critics fear this will freeze out cash-strapped students. Meanwhile,…