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Dentistry seeing the highest growing salaries in the UK, data shows

Dentistry experiencing some of the highest growing salaries in the UK, according to job listing site Indeed. Its data shows new…

Dentistry

New guidance on oral care for people with learning disabilities

Public Health England is publishing new guidance on the oral care and treatment for people with learning disabilities. Oral care…

Oral health

Whose time is it anyway? Part two

Practice cannot increase the number of hours they are open, or increase shifts, if it will result in dentists not…

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Is working in NHS dentistry like being in a pot of boiling water?

A bunch of frogs in a pot of boiling water trying to negotiate how fast the temperature is being turned…

Dentistry

BDA urges Mayor of London to tackle capital’s oral health inequalities

The BDA is urging Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, to tackle oral health inequalities amongst children in the capital. An…

Oral health

What you’ve missed this week

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

Dentistry

The drugs don’t work

Ian Mills lifts the lid on responsible prescribing. At this time of year, we are all aware of the spread…

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Royal College calls for pensions changes to protect NHS workforce

Senior Scottish doctor writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of tomorrow’s Spring Statement to ask for action to…

Dentistry

Dental charges set to rise above inflation after 5% hike

The government is proposing to increase dental charges by 5%, which will mean a routine check-up costs £22.70. Net government expenditure in…

Dentistry

Political disappointments

Nigel Jones talks about his disappointment in the growing pressure and responsibility placed on clinicians in the current political climate.…

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BDA calls on London dentists to tell Sadiq Khan about oral health inequalities

The British Dental Association (BDA) is calling on London’s dentists to highlight children’s oral health inequalities to Mayor Khan. The…

Oral health

Evans above – NHS dental attendance, an interview with Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen and tooth whitening

Welcome to February’s vlog where we talk about children’s attendance to the dentist, the one million patients that couldn’t access…

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Government told to rein in its ‘increasingly aggressive’ approach to dental fines

The British Dental Association (BDA) has called on the government to rein in its ‘ increasingly aggressive’ approach to NHS…

Dentistry

Almost six in 10 children didn’t see an NHS dentist last year

Almost six in 10 (57.7%) children between one and four years old didn’t visit an NHS dentist last year. That’s…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

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

Dentistry

Slashers, side hustles and dentists

Kevin Lewis describes a stealth heist in UDA dentistry. I have never really thought of myself as much of a…

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What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… More than 1…

Dentistry

Dentists turning away patients

We can have access for all or a target number of UDAs filled, not both, Michael Watson says. A headline…

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Yasmin Qureshi MP urges government for action on NHS dentistry

Yasmin Qureshi MP has written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, urging him to act on the NHS dentistry access crisis.…

Dentistry