In the competition for a dentist’s attention, pension provision is up against the kaleidoscope of day-to-day practice, maintaining clinical and ethical knowledge, keeping on the right side of regulators, and paying this month’s bills. The complexity of the NHS pension schemes and the intricacies of private pension plans, do not make them any easier to grasp.
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Discussions about the safety of vaping remain open to the question of what users would be doing, if they did not have the option to vape.
Read more: New Research Shows Link Between Vaping and Caries Risk
The recent Practice Plan Webinar looking at the latest NHS England (NHSE) dental contract changes did not make easy viewing for those practices hoping to continue delivering NHS dentistry.
Recent changes to the Fitness to Practice (FTP) process have now been put into operation by the GDC.
Read more: GDC Alters FTP Aiming To Reach Conclusions Sooner
It is not just dentists who struggle to agree on a single treatment plan for the same patient. Recent developments, and a well-publicised case regarding worker status of dental associates, has produced a wide variety of opinions.
Read more: Worker Status. Storm In A Tea Cup Or The End For Associates?
A GDP’s 18-month-long fight to uncover the facts surrounding a controversial decision made by the General Dental Council during the early stages of the pandemic, has finally been ended by a judge.
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This review assessing the adjunctive effect of omega-3 (ω-3) fatty acids and non-surgical periodontal therapy (SRP)on probing pocket depth (PPD) and the clinical attachment level (CAL) included 10 RCTs. The findings suggest that adjunctive ω-3 fatty acids provides a 0.39 mm improvement in PPD and 0.41 mm of CAL gain.
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This review comparing of air polishing devices with conventional periodontal therapy (hand instrumentation and/or ultrasonic debridement), in patients undergoing periodontal maintenance therapy included 14 RCTs. The findings suggest that they have comparable clinical efficay although the evidence is of low certainty.
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This review of the efficacy and safety of topical interventions used for recurrent aphthous stomatitis included 72 studies assessing 29 different interventions. Most of the interventions did not demonstrate significant differences with limitednumbers of studies for some interventions and overal limitations in the quality of the evidence.
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