A survey exploring the mental health of dentists in Wales has found high stress levels among practitioners, as well as difficult working conditions.
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A High Court judge has overruled a decision made by the General Dental Council’s Professional Conduct Committee to suspend a dentist subject to review, by imposing erasure from the dental register.
The Information Commissioner’s Office has decided in the General Dental Council’s favour following a complaint from a dentist about the way his Freedom of Information request had been handled.
Read more: Cost Of Under-Guise Investigations By The GDC – ICO Decides In Favour Of The Regulator
Dental Protection has welcomed a joint statement from the UK’s statutory health and care regulators, which reiterates their commitment to take the COVID-19 pandemic into account when assessing complaints about registrants.
Read more: COVID-19 Will Be ‘Taken Into Account’ If Concerns Are Raised About Registrants
People in every corner of England are struggling to get the dental treatment they need when they need it, according to the latest research carried out by Healthwatch.
Read more: New Healthwatch Report – NHS Access Difficulties Have ‘Intensified’
The latest oral health update from England’s Chief Dental Officer has reiterated that individuals undertaking CQC regulated activities in England must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no later than 1 April 2022.
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This Cochrane review update of the effects of different orthodontic treatments for posterior crossbites included 31 RCTS eight of whihc were at low risk of bias. They found that for children iaged 7 to 11 years old), quad-helix and expansion plates were more beneficial than no treatment for correcting posterior crossbites.
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This Cochrane review of the effects of orthodontic interventions for preventing or correcting crowded teeth in children included 24 RCTs. A wide range of interventions were assessed typically is small single studies so the available evidence is of very low certainty.
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This review of whether chemotherapy, in addition to radiotherapy and/or surgery for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer, results in improved overall survival included 100 studies. the findings indicated some benefit only when used in a few specific circumstances.
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