Mr Sebastian Evans

In the past few years I have been intensely engaged in research among dentists regarding the relationship between eyeball rotation and neck flexion during work. Dentists are advised to work in an upright posture and most attempt to do so, but the majority have trouble maintaining it. Less strain is placed on the neck muscles…

Dentists who slash costs by outsourcing their lab work abroad could find that cutbacks like this have a hidden price. That’s the message from the General Dental Council (GDC) that warns of practices risking legal wrangles if laboratory work carried out overseas goes wrong. The GDC argues that dentists who commission technical work from laboratories…

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) has reiterated its concern over successive governments’ failure to establish a centralised storage facility to manage disused radioactive sources from dental clinics, hospitals and other medical facilities. In the RPII Annual Report and Accounts 2006, which was released on 17 December 2007, the RPII also highlighted that a…

Dental treatment in England is the most expensive in Europe, a damning survey has revealed. According to the Dutch study of nine European countries, the total cost of a standard filling was £117 here compared to £6 in Hungary. The example, used by researchers, was the price of a filling in a molar of a…

A dentist was jailed for four and a half years after he admitted planning to fly to Pakistan to carry out acts of terrorism. Sohail Qureshi, 29, a qualified dentist, told fellow extremists he planned to ‘kill many’ during his mission, the Old Bailey heard. Qureshi, of Forest Gate, east London, was in e-mail contact…

An Essex town is to get its pick of dentists – for free! Residents in the seaside town of Southend can snap up some no-cost treatment by local students, thanks to a brand new clinic that opened its doors to the public this week. The Barts and The London Academic Dental Clinic, based at the…

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Minister for Health Mary Harney has said that she is looking at the possibility of establishing an independent review body that would recommend fee scales for self-employed professionals, including dentists. Ms Harney is considering this as an option following the furore surrounding the Government’s assertion that both EU and national competition legislation prohibits the State…

A gender report, Women and Men in Ireland 2007, has revealed that in the health service women represented just over 30% of dental professionals at consultant level and 45% at non-consultant level. The table above shows Ireland’s health service personnel by grade category These statistics are slightly higher than in 2006, when the figure for…

My two favourite words in 2007 were: 1. Delegate – the work you give to the people on your payroll, and; 2. Outsource – the work you give to people that you hire from outside. Over the months ahead I want to slowly guide you towards creating a better life, both professionally and personally. That…

Dentistry magazine has arranged yet another reason to book tickets sooner rather than later for its inaugural Dentistry Live event. Anyone signing up before 22 February will be entered into an exclusive draw for the chance to win a one-on-one consultation with one of the main speakers at the show, Jennifer de St Georges. The…

Charges to visit NHS dentists soared last year while the number of patients fell, new figures reveal. The amount paid out by patients rose by £60 million, up 15% on the year before, in the wake of the new contract. Patients’ representatives said they had been inundated with calls from members of the public who…

Dental care costs in the NHS may be on the rise but in Wales pet rabbits are getting their check-ups for free! Pet owners in Wrexham are being invited to take their bunnies along for a free dental health check at their local vets’ surgery as part of National Rabbit Week. Three out of four…

Uploading a video of your deftness with a scaler onto YouTube could prove a valuable way to promote your practice, according to the New York Times. The website, famous for its entertaining clips, now has a growing list of informative videos – among them a US dentist’s root canal demonstration video which has apparently attracted…

Patients in Norfolk are being promised big improvements in NHS dentistry over the next 12 months, thanks to a government cash boost and improved communication. That’s the promise of Nick Stolls, from Norfolk’s local dental committee, who will be updating people of progress at the county council’s health overview and scrutiny committee this week. He…

People from Northern Ireland are among the least likely in the UK to complain about dental services, a new report has found. Less than one in 100 complaints logged by the Dental Complaints Service is from Ulster, according to the service’s first annual report. The Dental Complaints Service helps resolve complaints about private dental care,…

A Cheltenham dental practice has won a second legal battle with international fashion giant Lacoste over the right to use a toothy crocodile on the sign outside their surgery. For the second time in a year, a trademark judge has rejected the French clothing company’s complaints. Lacoste had argued that the sign could wrongly lead…