To co-incide with the introduction of the ‘sugar tax’, Public Health England (PHE) has released new figures on the shocking number of childrens’ teeth extracted. They have found that that 39,010 teeth were taken out because of decay in 2016-17, equivalent to 141 every working day. Just over half were in children aged five to nine but 7,530 were in under-fives.
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Her Majesty`s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has written recently to a number of associates indicating that they are reviewing their individual employment status. The BDA is seeking details from those of its members who have received these letters and advising them to to contact their accountant before responding.
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The British Dental Association has joined over 50 leading health bodies, academics and charities to call on football leaders to call time on agreements with junk food manufacturers. 1 in 4 football clubs in the Premier League currently have partnerships with junk food giants.
Read more: BDA calls on football clubs to cut junk food links
Following the publication of the ‘Water fluoridation: health monitoring in England 2018' report by Public Health England (PHE), the Oral Health Foundation, is calling on local authorities to use it as a springboard to introduce water fluoridation schemes and help address the children's oral health crisis being experienced in England.
Read more: Fluoridation report paves way to eliminating children’s dental health crisis
The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK has made its guidance on the practice of dentistry for patients with dementia available free of charge online. Dementia-Friendly Dentistry: Good Practice Guidelines covers the epidemiology of dementia and a wide range of implications for dental professionals.
GDPUK.com has been stunned to learn that the General Dental Council and the General Medical Council have been involved in secret talks to merge the two statutory bodies.
A reliable government insider has told GDPUK that civil servants from the NHS and Whitehall have been mediating in the talks to establish a 'super council' which will carry out all regulatory functions with regard to doctors and dentists in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland). The proposal being discussed is that the GMC and GDC will be scrapped and the current functions administered by the organisations will be taken over by the Universal Medical and Dental Council.