Dentist Aileen Hopkins has been struck off after one of her three dogs, which she kept at her surgery, bit an inspector’s leg. A GDC report said: ‘Two of the dogs were aggressive and staff told us that they do not like people.” All three were found under the reception desk as officials probed 57 complaints about safety and hygiene at the South Way Surgery in Newhaven, East Sussex.

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The LDC Conference this year unanimously approved a motion applauding those local authorities taking forward water fluoridation. Simon Hearnshaw, a dentist who works for Health Education England, and who put forward the motion, said: “To have this kind of unanimous response from dentists highlights just how strongly we all support fluoridation of water and want to see the oral health of our young patients improve.”

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The new recommendations have been launched to combat the current lack of guidance that exists for full denture wearers about the correct use of denture adhesives. The research project reinforces the role denture adhesives (and fixatives) play in having ‘best-fitting’ dentures.  Such benefits include better retention and stability, improved confidence and comfort and reduction or elimination of food debris beneath the denture.

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The BDA has welcomed a new report from the CQC on the parlous state of plans, policies and provision for oral health in care homes; publishing its own analysis of official figures indicating funding is currently supporting access for as little as one in a hundred of those who, due to limited mobility, may require access to domiciliary services. They said that nothing short of a revolution in the approach to dentistry in residential homes is needed.

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Birmingham’s Dave Cottam has been elected Chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee. He succeeds Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen who was elected to the European Parliament. He was previously Vice-Chair of the Committee and is succeeded by Vijay Sudra, who chaired the LDC Conference this year. He joins Shawn Charlwood, who remains as Vice-Chair.

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