Wales

Six-figure funding package will help improve dental surgery ventilation in Wales

A £450,000 package has been secured to help dental practices improve their ventilation systems in Wales.  The move has been…

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Tooth loss could…

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… England’s CDO cuts…

Dentistry

Welsh dentists given critical worker status to continue working during lockdown

Vaughan Gething MS has confirmed the Welsh government considers dentists as critical workers, allowing them to continue working during lockdown.…

Dentistry

What do local lockdowns mean for dentistry in Wales?

As counties across Wales are thrown into local lockdowns, the chief dental officer has spoken out about the implications for…

Dentistry

CDO releases guidance for dental practices as Wales introduces first local lockdown

The chief dental officer for Wales, Colette Bridgman, has issued a statement on the local lockdown rules for dentistry.  This…

Dentistry

Wales cuts fallow time requirements for dentistry

The chief dental officer for Wales has updated the profession on changes to the settle time in dental practices.  In…

Dentistry

‘Simply unsustainable’: dentists in Wales warn of industry crisis

A dentist has warned ‘a tidal wave of dental disease’ is about to crash in Wales following calls for the…

Dentistry

Routine dental care in Wales to resume in 2021, new plans suggest

The CDO for Wales, Colette Bridgman, has published plans to get dentistry back up and running over the next 12…

Dentistry

Lack of access to NHS dentists in Wales set to ‘persist for a while’

Welsh health board admits a lack of access to regular dental care will ‘persist for a while yet’. Anglesey’s Assembly Member…

Dentistry

Dental crisis in Wales as just one in six NHS practices accept new patients

Only one in six NHS dental practices in Wales are accepting new adult patients, research from the BDA shows. The…

Dentistry

Reforming the dental contract in Wales

NHS dentistry in Wales needs a radical overhaul, Michael Watson argues. Dai Lloyd AM, chair of the Welsh Assembly Health…

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Welsh dental practice opens first surgery with HSBC UK backing

A South Wales dental practice has secured a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK to open its first dental surgery…

Dentistry

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…

Dentistry

Wales creating 10,000 new NHS dental places

The Welsh Government is creating 10,000 new NHS dental places in some of the most deprived areas of Wales. It…

Dentistry

Child tooth decay in Wales drops

Child tooth decay in Wales has fallen, with the proportion of children experiencing tooth decay now standing at 34.2%. This is…

Oral health

NHS dental charges in Wales set for above-inflation increases

NHS dental charges in Wales are set to increase above the rate of inflation, the Welsh government has said. In its latest…

Dentistry

Another Mydentist practice closes

After Mydentist had to close one of its practices in Wales, Michael Watson looks at why this seems to be…

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Welsh government makes substantial changes to private dentistry regulations

The Welsh government has made substantial changes to regulations on private dentistry, including a new approach to HIW fees. Among…

Private Practice