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Care homes ‘are being deprived of dental services’
A care home manager said it had become an ‘impossibility’ to get NHS dentists to visit residents when they need…
Dentistry
Dental profession bites back at claims NHS dentistry is ‘recovering’
The British Dental Association has urged parliament to set out a clear roadmap to reform for government after it tried…
Dentistry
Costs leave one quarter of patients delaying or avoiding treatment
Current costs are leaving one quarter of patients delaying or avoiding treatment, according to new statistics. With NHS dental charges…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 22 April 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… There isn’t…
Dentistry
Hundreds of dentists only doing one NHS check up a year
The BDA has called new figures into NHS dentistry a ‘work of fiction’, warning that the reality is far worse…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 15 April 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… My experience…
Dentistry
Patients left ‘stranded’ by NHS dentistry access, MP says
An MP has claimed that his constituents have been left ‘stranded’ and unable to find an NHS dentist. Darren Jones,…
Dentistry
Handling complaints – you can please all of the people, some of the time
Practice Plan head of sales, Zoe Close, spoke to head of dental at MDDUS, Stephen Henderson, to get some advice…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 8 April 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Why it’s…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 1 April 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Bupa to…
Dentistry
NHS dentists publish open letter to new First Minister, Humza Yousaf
Dentists in Scotland have put together an open letter asking the new First Minister, Humza Yousaf, to act quickly on…
Dentistry Scotland
Bupa closes NHS practices: what does this mean for labs?
With the recent announcement that Bupa will be closing more than 80 of its NHS practices, Matt Everatt discusses what…
Laboratory
Bupa to close more than 80 dental practices
Bupa Dental Care is to close, sell or merge 85 dental practices in the UK, due to the ‘national shortage…
Dentistry
‘Grotesque display of priorities’ – NHS dental charge increase will hit hard
NHS dental charge prices have been hiked amidst growing concerns over the impact on the public. Charges in England will…
Dentistry
How dentistry can work together to understand oral health of refugee children
Dr Katharine Julia Hurry considers how we can work together to understand the dental needs of asylum-seeking and refugee children…
Health & research
Dentists are in a position of strength
Dentists are in a position of strength, says Nigel Jones, and dentistry has never had more potential to be rewarding.…
NHS to Private
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 25 March 2023
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Parliamentary inquiry into the state…
Dentistry
‘Some children have never seen a toothbrush’ – concern increases over children’s oral health
A dentist who volunteers in schools has said that some children in Norfolk ‘have never seen a toothbrush’. Stuart McCance…
Health & research
Parliamentary inquiry into the state of NHS dentistry has opened
This morning, the Health and Social Care Committee received ‘brutally honest’ oral evidence on the state of NHS dentistry from…
Dentistry