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Dentist struck off after secretly filming people on the toilet
After setting up camera in staff bathrooms to film his colleagues on the toilet, a dentist has been suspended from…
Dentistry
Dental therapist struggling ‘to keep food on the table’ due to GDC delays
‘It’s been soul destroying’: After missing the GDC registration deadline, a dental therapist has been forced to claim benefits and…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 10 December 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… New parliamentary inquiry could save…
Dentistry
‘The biggest problem at the moment is the registration of dental nurses’
Last week, it emerged that the government is in the process of improving the efficiency of international GDC registration. Following…
Dental Nursing
Changes to overseas registration – reaction from the profession
The dental profession reacts to the consultation outcomes on proposed changes to international GDC registration. The government is in the…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 3 December 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Overseas registration in dentistry to…
Dentistry
Fitness to practise investigations have ‘significant’ negative impact on mental health, says GDC report
A new GDC-commissioned report into fitness to practise investigations found they had a ‘significant negative impact’ on individuals – despite…
Dentistry
Overseas registration in dentistry to be made easier
Following a public consultation, the government is in the process of improving the efficiency of international GDC registration. The government…
Dentistry
Dentistry CPD 2023 – keep up to date with your recommended topics
A whole host of articles have been uploaded to Dentistry CPD – covering all the General Dental Council (GDC) recommended…
Dentistry
Dentist offered colleagues a pay rise in exchange for oral sex, tribunal hears
A dentist has been struck off after asking colleagues if they use sex toys and offering a pay rise in…
Dentistry
The Secret Dentist – the damaging NHS contract and ‘detached’ GDC
The Secret Dentist has not held back – this month they discuss how damaging the attitude of the GDC and…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 19 November 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… GDC unable to disclose number of…
Dentistry
Kevin Lewis – fourteen wrongs don’t make a right
Don’t believe everything you hear via social media, chatrooms and the professional grapevine, warns Kevin Lewis. Just because the GDC…
Dentistry
Tiktok orthodontist advised ‘harmful’ treatment to young patients, tribunal told
An orthodontist whose jaw-shaping methods have gone viral advised treatment to children that ‘carried a risk of harm’, according to…
Orthodontics
Organisational duty of candour in Scotland
Simon Kidd, dentolegal adviser at the Dental Defence Union (DDU), explains the duty of candour and what to do when…
Dentistry Scotland
GDC was unable to disclose number of suicides
After being unable to reveal data on the number of people who have died by suicide while under fitness to…
Dentistry
Indemnity – more than just malpractice
Laura Blundell explains why indemnity needs to cover more than just malpractice. GDC investigations come in many forms.…
Dentistry
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How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 29 October 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… ‘She had sold her dead…
Dentistry
Smile Direct Club – an exclusive interview with its chief clinical director
Dentistry.co.uk sent Smile Direct Club some questions on the necessity of in-person dental appointments and the safety of its treatment.…
Orthodontics
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