The recent announcement of a 4.5% pay uplift for NHS dental contracts at a time when inflation exceeds 10%, represented a further pay cut for dentists. This is on top of the claimed 40% real-terms cut in pay since 2008/9.
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The owner of a well-established private dental practice in the Hertfordshire town of Ware has taken to Facebook to promote his willingness to help people in terrible pain who are unable to access an NHS dentist.
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The College of General Dentistry (‘CGDent’) is the first independent college for primary care dentistry in the UK. Serving the public interest in oral health, and engaging the whole dental team, it is building on the achievements of the FGDP(UK) in setting standards for general dental care and leading dental education, and has a vision to achieve Royal College standing.
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Direct to consumer (DTC) orthodontics is just the sort of service where the public might hope for some regulation to protect them from possible harm. For some time now the two regulators that supposedly protect the public when it comes to dentistry in the UK, have been remarkably hands off.
With the dental access crisis continuing, and many of the government’s own MPs demanding that something is done, a variety of measures are being used to try and halt the persistent negative headlines
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Pick up any newspaper, turn on any radio or television news channel, and the lengthening NHS waiting lists are never more than a news item away.
Read more: Dental Patients Can Wait Up To Three Years In Scotland
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Anon
excellent website for the dental profession!
Clive Pidgeon
Many thanks for a great idea which has served me very well over the years,
Adam
Just a quick note to say how much I have enjoyed this site. - Thanks for all the hard work. It wouldnt allow GDPs like me to swap ideas and thoughts otherwise. The figures speak for themselves in showing how much a site like this is needed. Keep it up!!
In this blog Rebecca Manson considers a systematic review assessing whether the use of animal-assisted therapy helps reduce anxiety during dental care in children and adolescents.
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This review of the effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate in the prevention and management of oral mucositis included 11 RCTs. The included studies were small, hetrogeneous and suggested little benefit from the use of sodium bicoarbonate mouthwashes.
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This review assessing the durability of self-adhesive resin bonding, postoperative sensitivity, and the overall survival rate of indirect restorations compared to total-etch, selective-etch, and self-etch adhesives includes 9 RCTs.
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