After months of delay the 2022/3 pay uplift for NHS dental contract values has been announced. The announcement had been postponed for months, given that the increase was meant to apply to schedules from May 2022.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, made his pitch for the job based upon promises of competence and integrity. In Prime Ministers Questions he has fallen short on both. The BDA and the MP whose question he was responding to are not happy, and have asked him to set the record straight.
In his first blog of the New Year Lord Toby Harris, Chair of the GDC, has asked registrants for some help.
English dentists got used to hearing misleading claims by various ministers and spokespeople about the £50 million promised for extra NHS dental appointments in 2022.
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The Prime Minister must have been acutely aware that he needed to get a grip on the various challenges facing the UK. After careful consideration to develop an action plan to turn around the UK, and his party’s fortunes, the PM and his expert advisers have now set out their vision; teach all students maths until they are 18.
It’s well-recognised that habits formed early in life can soon become embedded, and sales and marketing departments are all too aware of the ‘catch ‘em young’ principle.
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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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