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Quota of NHS dental treatments
The 2006 dental contract removes any incentive to take on new patients, Michael Watson says. The departing medical director of…
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Come fly with me
The current way of remunerating dentists means NHS dentistry isn’t reaching the population that mosts needs dental care. Imagine, if you…
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How does working as a dentist now compare with previous generations?
With pay cuts, rapidly rising goodwill valuations and huge student debts, Michael Watson compares the dental working lives of millennials…
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What do GDC prosecutions mean for employers and NHS contracts?
If a dentist is prosecuted by the GDC, what does it mean for employers and NHS contracts, Michael Watson questions.…
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Is there a dental indemnity crisis?
The rising cost of dental indemnity is unsustainable, Neel Kothari argues. There are a few things that I really don’t…
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What will happen to dentistry now the Government goes back to work?
An end to austerity won’t necessarily mean the Government will reverse the 35% fall in net income suffered by GDPs, Michael…
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Directors’ box
The GDC should be holding dental corporates to account the same way it does for individual practice owners, Kevin Lewis…
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The Ten Quid Dentist
With contract values changing, should we now start ending the era of the ‘Ten Quid Dentist’, Alun Rees questions. In…
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Who’s to blame for the poor oral health of London’s homeless?
General dental practitioners should be mobilised to help combat the poor oral health of London’s homeless population, Michael Watson says.…
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Maxed out
Have corporate chains finally maximised profits from NHS dentistry, asks Neel Kothari. Recently one of the largest corporate chains (I…
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Disruptive innovation
Too many practices are copying what the corporates are doing rather than truly disruptively innovating, Alun Rees says. In the 20…
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Sticks and stones
Kevin Lewis reviews the latest ‘dental horror chronicles’ published in the media. Was it something we said, perhaps? Or is…
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Dentistry voices grave concerns over UDA allocations
Julian English and Neel Kothari send a letter to Sara Hurley, Ian Brack and David Mowat MP, highlighting the high number…
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NHS dentists accused of extracting teeth unnecessarily
NHS dentists have been accused of extracting teeth unnecessarily because it is more lucrative than saving them. That’s according to…
Dentistry
Jump in the number of dental professionals performing ‘too many’ UDAs
The number of individual dental professionals performing more than 18,000 UDAs in England and Wales has jumped over the past…
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Should we learn to live with UDAs?
Maybe we should stop waiting for a new dental contract and live with UDAs, Michael Watson suggests. Just over 65…
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Broken Compass
Dentists wouldn’t get away with treating patients how they are treated by the NHS, Jeff Sherer says.Normally on the 31…
Dentistry
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