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Toothbrushing, Easy Political Answer or Meaningful Prevention?

Governments and health providers, understandably, like simple solutions. They can be low cost, easy to set up, staff and run. As a bonus, a general public with short attention spans are more likely to understand and appreciate them than more complex or nuanced offerings. This might explain the renewed focus on tooth brushing in schools, with two new stories showing that rolling out brushing instruction is becoming an on-trend dental public health activity.

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Positive News from the GDC

“It is sometimes suggested to us that the GDC inflates concerns out of all proportion to their seriousness, often progressing cases all the way to a hearing when they could be resolved earlier.” So writes Clare Callan on the GDC website. Clare is the Associate Director of Fitness to Practice (FTP) at the GDC.

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Popular Myths: Unicorns, the Tooth Fairy, and NHS Dentistry For All.

Politicians love catchy slogans and soundbites. It may be too early to know what expressions the current election will bring to a wider audience, though readers may remember “education, education, education” from 1997, and smile wistfully when they recollect the promise of “strong and stable” leadership, in 2017.

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NHS Force Closure of Practice in High Needs Area

Thousands of NHS patients face ’disaster’ after a dental practice was ordered to close by the NHS. Sefton Dental Centre, a practice in Bootle, estimated that it cared for 7,000 patients under the NHS. Located in one of the most deprived areas in the country, it saw many vulnerable patients with complex needs. It has now been ordered to close.

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NI: Queuing to Leave NHS Dentistry

Form an orderly queue to leave NHS dentistry

A recent BBC report used biblical language in a story about NHS dentistry in Northern Ireland. This was not a report on sectarian disputes, but about dentistry, and the terms felt appropriate were of an ‘exodus’ that was ‘coming to pass’. The group seeking freedom from oppression on this occasion, are dentists with NHS contracts. Indeed so many wish to leave the scheme that there is now a waiting list for would be leavers and their soon-to-be former patients.

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What Dentists Want from Party Manifestos

What dentists really, really, want from the parties, as the BDA bite their tongue

As the election campaigning ploughs on, two contrasting announcements shed some light on the gulf between the profession and our elected leaders. Indemnifier, The Dental Defence Union (DDU) have released details of responses to their recent survey of their members.

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