Mr Sebastian Evans

Is it just me, or are we seeing patients with more complex restorative needs than we did a generation ago? A full-mouth reconstruction could almost be considered routine treatment in practice today. These cases can appear so daunting it is problematic just deciding where to begin, let alone how to complete the task (see Figures…

A new £3 million purpose-built dental centre in Glasgow has officially opened its doors to the public. The Scottish Centre for Excellence in Dentistry, at the city’s Watermark Business Park, is one of the most advanced in the UK with expertise in implantology, facial rejuvenation and plastic surgery. The private practice is the brainchild of…

Mexican dental specialists have advised people to avoid or delay dental treatment to keep the swine flu from spreading as dentists or patients may be virus carriers. Dental experts at the School of Dentistry of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) recommended that people should avoid dental appointments or reschedule them due to the…

More than 100 people have applied to become one of an estimated 1,000 new NHS patients with the Ferndale Dental Clinic in Devizes after it was awarded funding by NHS Wiltshire, www.gazetteandherald.co.uk reports. The clinic, in Estcourt Street, owned by Martyn Cox, has been given a contract to take on new adult and children patients…

I knew at school that I wanted to be a dentist. I spent some time out in Australia doing work experience and really enjoyed it. At school I really enjoyed art, and didn’t want to drop it at A-level. I thought that the combination of sciences and art was a great way of exploring all…

In 2003 the government recognised that a degree of co-ordination and oversight of the main healthcare regulators was needed and so it established the Council for Regulation of Healthcare Professionals (CHRP), which was subsequently renamed the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE). This was to be an entirely appointed Council of 19 members – 10…

Have you decided where you are going to eat after a stimulating day of lectures on Friday? Going to the World Aesthetic Congress Friday 12 and Saturday 13 June? Then why not enjoy a charity dinner at the Houses of Parliament and help those in need?   The fund-raising event begins with a tour of…

Last  November, a team of nine Practice Plan volunteers packed their overalls and scrubbing brushes and travelled to Tanzania, Africa, for a trip that will remain imprinted in their minds for a lifetime. But just before they embarked on a life-changing care-centre renovation project, their first goal was to complete the final leg of the…

Whoever does the choreography for the British media these days must have one hell of a sense of timing. Or a perverse sense of humour, perhaps. What were the chances of the Nursing and Midwifery Council striking off Margaret Haywood (the nurse who secretly filmed the tragic chapters of neglect of the elderly at an…

The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has warned that removal of teeth in general dental practice is becoming an increasingly challenging area and has issued advice to dentists to help them avoid the pitfalls. In the last six years, the DDU has opened an increasing number of complaints and claims files involving extractions. In the first…

Dentists can enter a photographic competition and win a free trip to a FDI World Dental Congress. Enter the FDI World Dental Federation and Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programmes’ (WOHP) photographic competition for your chance to win a trip to the FDI World Dental Congress in Singapore this year or to the one in Brazil in…

A dentist who stole more than £37,000 from the NHS by claiming money for treatment never given to patients have been struck off the register. Newton Johnson was not present at the GDC hearing due to incarceration, and was not represented. On 31 March 2008, in the Crown Court in Swansea, Mr Johnson was convicted…

People in parts of Wales still have no access to an NHS dentist, a Western Mail investigation has discovered. In Anglesey, not one of the 11 practices in the county is able to take on any new patients and in Neath Port Talbot all 17 NHS practices are full to capacity. Meanwhile, in rural Ceredigion,…

Scientists, funded by the Medical Research Council, suggest that tobacco-replacement therapies containing nicotine could have the potential to cause mouth cancer. The research, published in the international online science journal PLoS ONE, shows that levels of nicotine found in lozenges and chewing gums could increase the risk of mouth cancer.Nicotine is an addictive substance found…

The Welsh Assembly Government has issued guidelines to dentist on providing dental care to patients during a pandemic. The rules are available on its website. In light of the swine flu pandemic, the guidelines serve as a timely reminder. The list suggests that during a pandemic period, at the time they make an appointment patients…

Swine flu is believed to have caused the temporary closure of Harvard University’s dental school in the US. Health authorities are investigating a ‘recent probable swine flu case’ involving a dental student and suspect as many as nine students may be infected with it. The Boston Public Health Commission requested the cancellation of third- and…