Somerset Set For Dental Desert Status?
Somerset is now a ‘Dental Desert’ - HealthWatch issues alarming new figures.
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A study from University College London has revealed the shocking statistic that children are consuming three time the daily recommended amount of sugars.
Media reports a further 2000 dentists abandoning The NHS
Alarming figures are emerging which suggest that a further two thousand dentists have quit NHS dentistry.
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Surveys Highlight The Profound Effect COVID Had On Dentists
Three in four dentists (75%) in the early stages of their careers say the COVID-19 pandemic has had a ‘significant and negative impact on their dental training.’
Read more: Surveys Highlight The Profound Effect COVID Had On Dentists
Town Marks One Full Year Without NHS Dentistry
The plight of a town with around 6,000 inhabitants which has been deprived of NHS dental services for twelve months was highlighted on Friday.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A snapshot of UK dentistry shows an example of the profession at its best, as well as more familiar difficulties.
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Material facts
Back in the past, I used to hate dental materials lectures. It all seemed so irrelevant. I just wanted to know the material worked. I couldn’t get excited about the chemistry. Oh, I remember the important stuff.
Just Drifting
Walking to dental school one day, I met one of our professors, carrying a cage. A conversation ensued. ‘May I ask what is in the cage, Professor?’ ‘You may, Mr. Hellyer – it’s a monkey of the species Macaca Irus.’ ‘Really?’.
Eyes Wide Shut
There can be very few dentists who turn patients away because the challenge is too big. Even if they can’t complete treatment themselves, they’ll at least point the patient in the right direction.
The GDC, winning hearts and minds their own way.
Amongst the many salaries that your GDC registration fee helps to fund is that of Daniel Knight. He has the title of Stakeholder Engagement Manager, where he leads on student and new registrant engagement.
COVID-19 – when the rubber hits the tooth
I have a friend who is a proper scientist. You know the type, PhD after their name, and understands all the stats stuff like Cronbach’s alpha, Spearman’s r and the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test. Their area of research was water quality and they spent 3 years gathering data from the outfall from sewage work...
The Endgame
Throughout the 30 years of my career there have been peaks and troughs regarding the NHS dental system. Actually, the peaks (to me at least) have really only been less deep troughs, but I’m sure you will understand what I’m saying. Most of time the profession has seemed to just get on with it and ac...
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Pulp survival after tooth fracture
This review assessing factors related to pulp survival after tooth fracture included 24 studies (4 RCTs, 6 prospective cohort studies, 12 retrospective cohorts, and 2 case-control studies). However the available evidence is overall of very low certainty.
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Additives to lidocaine and the success of the inferior alveolar nerve block
This review of the effect of additives incorporated into lidocaine solution on the success of inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) included 12 RCTs. The findings suggest that additives did not improve the success rate of IANB but the evidence is of low to very low certainty.
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Multimedia for recruitment in adolescent orthodontic research
Aoife McDougall and Carly Ross look at this trail comparing multimedia websites & printed information for their quality,ease of understanding, and impact on decision making in adolescents.
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