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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… Child extractions increase…

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Child extractions increase by 18% over last five years

There were 45,077 extractions of multiple teeth in under 18s in England over the last year. Local Government Association figures…

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… NHS dentists to…

Dentistry

Dental phobia causing millions of children to miss out on NHS dental care

Millions of children are missing out on free NHS dental care due to dental anxiety, the Dental Law Partnership claims.…

Dentistry

Silos – part one

It’s important to set regular time aside to share and deal with problems and new ideas, Alun Rees says. This…

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NHS dentists to receive pay rise in December

NHS dentists in England will receive a 1.68% pay uplift in December, the British Dental Association (BDA) claims. The Government announced…

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Cancer patients and patient charges

Providing free dental treatment to oral cancer patients should not be an issue of cost-effectiveness, Michael Watson says. Last week the Oral Health…

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Cut your prices and your throat

Moving away from the NHS doesn’t mean practices need to embrace ‘low hanging fruit’ and a race to the bottom,…

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Welsh NHS patients queuing around the corner to register at new dental practice

Patients in Wales are queueing around the corner after a new NHS dentist opened in Llangollen. Some residents queued for up…

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What do Tesco and the NHS have in common?

Dentists shouldn’t rely so heavily on NHS contracts, Alun Rees says. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to…

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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… Fluoridation of water…

Dentistry

‘Prevention focused’ NHS questioned by dentists

The NHS ‘prevention focused’ vision for the future has been questioned by the British Dental Association (BDA). Prevention is better…

Dentistry

Two opinions on the NHS

NHS dentistry should be made up of private and Government funding, Michael Watson argues. Two opinion pieces of significance crossed…

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Date set for new contract

The new NHS general dental services contract is to be rolled out from April 2020, Dentistry magazine has learned. The timetable…

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Introducing local commissioning and shaping modern dentistry

Seb Evans speaks to Barry Cockcroft about his time as chief dental officer for England, the introduction of local commissioning,…

Dentistry

NHS needs to take action on oral cancer

If the NHS really wants to tackle oral cancer, it needs to decisive action, Michael Watson says. November is the Oral…

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What are the current pressures facing NHS dentists?

Nigel Jones talks about the current stresses NHS dentists are facing and why they could become a big issue in…

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Little and large

Sometimes bigger isn’t always better. When it comes to corporates, Kevin Lewis argues that size does matter. The phrase ‘too…

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Report on UK dental market: percentage of female dentists set to increase

The proportion of female dentists in the profession is set to increase to more than 60%, according to Christie &…

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