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Dental news you’ve missed this week – 9 July 2022

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Linking dental and…

Dentistry

Dentists call for swift action on sugar-filled baby pouches

‘Obscene levels’ of sugar in baby food pouches exposes the need for quick action across the early years’ food and…

Dentistry

Dentists write open plea to new Health Secretary Steve Barclay MP

The British Dental Association (BDA) has written to the new Health Secretary and urged him to reform NHS dentistry ‘without…

Dentistry

Ethics in dentistry – should we hold ourselves to higher standards in our union work?

Pramod Subbaraman discusses the ethical standards expected of dental professionals and if there needs to be a change in tactics…

Dentistry

Sara Hurley CDO confirms new targets for NHS dentistry

The chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley, has confirmed new targets will come into force for practices with NHS…

Dentistry

NHS dentistry in Scotland – ministers ‘playing with fire’ by cutting funds

Ministers ‘risk undermining the future sustainability’ of NHS dentistry in Scotland by making cuts to funding. This is according to…

Dentistry Scotland

Tiverton by-election highlights ‘cost of failure to fix NHS dentistry’

Reports suggest NHS dentistry was a key factor in fuelling the Conservatives landslide defeat in the Tiverton by-election yesterday. BDA…

Dentistry

Reform of NHS dentistry ‘will take place before Parliament’s summer recess’, says minister

Only ‘modest’ and ‘marginal fixes’ will take place within the current NHS dental system despite promises from the government. This…

Dentistry

Smoke-free by 2030 – why vaping is a threat to young people’s lives

‘England’s 2030 smoke-free ambition is missing a point – vaping is a threat to young people’s health.’ With a new…

Oral health

Dental health inequalities worse for patients from Asian and black ethnic backgrounds, says report

New insight into health inequalities shows that dental access troubles disproportionately affect young people and patients from black and Asian…

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week – 28 May 2022

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… ‘This is how…

Dentistry

NHS dentists feel ‘chewed up and spat out’, BDA warns MPs

The BDA has spoken to MPs about the urgent NHS dentistry crisis, highlighting the desperate need for government support. Shawn…

Dentistry

One in five employees looking to change jobs

Nearly one in five employees across the UK say they are likely to change jobs in the next 12 months.…

Dentistry

The Secret Dentist – time to get off the NHS dentistry fence

This month The Secret Dentist calls on organisations in dentistry to say NHS dentistry is not fit for purpose. In…

Dentistry

‘This is how NHS dentistry will die’ – 75% of dentists likely to reduce NHS commitment in next year

Nearly half of dentists have reduced their NHS commitment since the beginning of the pandemic. This is according to a…

Dentistry

‘Dentistry isn’t an optional extra’ – nine in 10 practices in England not accepting new patients

Nine in 10 practices in England not accepting new patients, according to new research.  An investigation by The Times discovered…

Dentistry

‘Stark inequalities’ – number of child tooth extractions halved during pandemic

The number of child tooth extractions more than halved during the pandemic, new figures reveal. New data shows 35,190 extractions…

Oral health

More than 2,000 dentists quit NHS in last year, figures show

Thousands of dentists have moved away from NHS dentistry in the last year, new figures suggest. The number of dentists…

Dentistry

School gets help from dental charity after students taken to hospital due to dental pain

Pupils are being treated by a dental charity after a school reached out for help to get students out of…

Dentistry