The Dental Defence Union‘s (DDU) membership team training scheme has for the fifth time attained prestigious recognition in the form of a Princess Royal Training Award.
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Sixty years on and after a few false dawns, we could be about to see skill mix take finally off in UK dentistry. The latest GDC registration figures show a clear trend that will support such changes.
Reports of illegal practice from the UK and further afield tend to involve unqualified individuals delivering dentisry- anything ranging from whitening, to operative procedures such as veneers. But a recent case in Wigan involved a qualified operator, he just happened to have the wrong qualification.
The recently triumphant Prime Minister has had to abandon his summer holiday after widespread unrest and rioting. Now there are signs that the Governments NHS honeymoon may be coming to a cheerless end.
We now know that the promised discussions between the profession and Department of Health and Social Care are under way to try and make progress on NHS dental contract reform. The first meeting has taken place between Shawn Charlwood, Eddie Crouch, and Stephen Kinnock, Minister of State with responsibility for primary care.
As our readers know, magnifying loupes are invaluable to many dental clinicians, and now the market for dental loupes has received some close inspection itself.