Research by the General Dental Council suggests that the NHS dental service could suffer ‘system-wide overstretching’ as NHS dentists switch to providing private services.
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Pressing dental appointments may be one excuse that employees use to get half a day off, but patients in Ireland are using bogus dental treatment to get around Covid travel restrictions.
The Belfast Telegraph reported that dental clinics in Tenerife are being flooded with bookings from Irish people who then do not turn up for their appointments. It is suspected they are using dental treatment as a ploy to circumvent travel restrictions in order to book holidays.
The newspaper said that Clinica Dental in Tenerife Sur is seeing more than five bookings from Irish people every day.
The draft White Paper outlining Health and Social Care reforms would make the abolition of the General Dental Council much easier to carry out.
Read more: GDC Reforms Are ‘Too Slow’ - Could Be More Radical
Matt Hancock’s ministerial statement in the Commons on the future of health services, failed to give any detail on how the provision of dentistry will be directly affected by proposals in the Department of Health and Social Care’s draft Health and Care Bill.
Read more: Draft Health White Paper Announced – Dentistry Barely Mentioned
MyDentist has been named as the large corporate which instructed its staff to prioritise dental examinations over patients needing urgent treatment.
The UK dental profession has finally received Parliamentary support after enduring days of ‘dentist bashing’ in the national media.
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Antiresorptive drugs, used to treat osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease, can complicate dental implant procedures by increasing the risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). This systematic review investigates how these drugs affect the success and complications associated with osseointegrated dental implants. Key findings Antiresorptive drugs significantly increase the risk of (MRONJ), accounting for [read the full story...]
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The study assesses the impact of antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures, specifically focusing on the risk reduction for high-risk individuals.
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