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A six-year-old girl was inspired by losing her first tooth to come up with the winning entry in a competition to design a ‘toy of the future’. Aine Gallagher (pictured below) has staked her claim to be the UK’s youngest inventor after the design for a tooth fairy doll was chosen to be stocked in…
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Dentists need to educate patients in Nottingham about the importance of keeping teeth healthy. That’s the verdict of a review of access to dental care in the city, carried out between January and September this year. It’s also urging dentists to make existing services easier to access and encourage people to visit the dentist more…
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A financial expert is urging dentists to ‘use all available tax breaks to maximise their income and wealth’ with tax set to increase next year. Nigel Callaghan, pensions analyst with Hargreaves Lansdown, suggests that one concession ‘much underused’ is that aimed specifically at those aged 65 and over which allows the first £9,490 of income…
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DIO Implant of South Korea is now operating in the UK after identifying a gap in the UK market. The company has been manufacturing dental products for more than 25 years, and Dio UK is now offering dental implants at low prices. For example, titanium RBM fixtures for under £98. One dentist who has been…
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Plans to change NHS dental registration in Scotland could harm patient care, according to a survey of high street dentists. Dentists are worried that proposals to introduce continuous registration could send the wrong message about the value of regular check-ups. The scheme would sweep away the need for patients to visit their dentist in order…
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The first-ever specialist training programme for special care dentistry in England and Wales began this week. Special care dentistry (SCD) is the newest UK dental speciality, only being formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in October 2008. That step allowed the specialist advisory committee for special care dentistry to work with the London…
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Watch out Barry Cockcroft – because the backlash is coming. At least, that’s the first impression to emerge from Dentistry’s newest campaign, PCTs: the state of play. The replies are flooding in, painting a bleak picture of the state of local commissioning in England and Wales as they do so. The picture is far from…
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Time is running out for successful firms from the health and pharmaceutical sectors interested in applying for the 2010 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. This year’s deadline is 2pm on 30 October 2009. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise aim to recognise and reward outstanding UK-based businesses in three areas – international trade, innovation and sustainable development.…
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Daryll Jagger has joined the Peninsula Dental School as director of clinical dentistry and professor in restorative dentistry. She joins the school in Exeter from the University of Bristol Dental Hospital and School. Professor Jagger qualified as a dentist in 1986 from Cardiff Dental School. Her new role at the Peninsula Dental School will see…
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Retired dentists are being called on to help ease a waiting-list crisis on South Tyneside. In July, the local newspaper, the Shields Gazette – www.shieldsgazette.com – revealed that youngsters up to 16 were having to wait up to nearly three years for orthodontic work such as braces. According to the British Dental Health Foundation, delaying…
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Health tourists seeking cosmetic surgery abroad – including dental treatment – will be able to buy insurance to cover specifically against ‘mishaps’ for the first time ever. PJ Hayman, a specialist travel insurer, has launched the first policy to cover medical bills arising from complications after cosmetic, dental or elective surgery abroad. It has had…
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A dentist who was allowed to keep working after telling a patient to take a potentially lethal drug overdose has been suspended amid fresh allegations. Colchester-based Dr Sayed Hossain Faghany, of Mersea Road Dental Surgery, is serving an 18-month interim suspension while the charges against him are investigated, the General Dental Council (GDC) says. In…
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A new online dental course has adopted an international flavour to train all those interested in dental public health worldwide. The University of Manchester’s School of Dentistry launched the Masters in Dental Public Health (MDPH) programme last month. It aims to provide an online programme addressing the needs of dental public health trainees, both nationally…
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The Scottish Health Survey has revealed that there are positive steps being made in the nation’s dental health. The survey reveals that three-quarters of adults in Scotland rate their health in general to be ‘very good’ or ‘good’ while seven per cent rate it as ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’. Commenting on the figures, cabinet secretary…
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Chancellor Alistair Darling has recommended a pay freeze for 40,000 senior public servants He has written to salary review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of judges, senior NHS managers and GPs. In addition, about 700,000 middle-ranking public servants – including dentists – will get a rise of between 0 and 1% and…
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