GDC Fails PSA Report
The PSAs latest periodic report on the GDC has now been published & shows that fewer required standards were met this year.
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Three dental team members have been included in the New Years Honours list. This is the first of its kind from King Charles, and continues the tradition of recognising those who have served in a wide variety of roles.
Adult Oral Health Survey: Access During the Pandemic
The government’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has published official statistics looking at the effects the pandemic had on dental access.
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GDC Commence Court Case Over “Top Up” Fees
In June 2022 in the High Court, Mr Justice Ritchie overturned the GDC decision to erase a young dentist. It was the second time in three years that a decision by the Council’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) had been overturned in the High Court.
CQC Quietly Changes Gear
The CQC have announced a delay in the introduction of their new single assessment framework.
Articaine Doubts Remain Despite Safety Evidence
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 one of the first things that East German dentists wanted to get from their colleagues in the West was the local anaesthetic, Articaine.
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Dental Volunteers Work Magic In Malawi
In this GDPUK exclusive interview, Guy Tuggle talks to Dental Therapist Eleanor Ridge about her recent trip to Malawi with Dentaid.
Contract Reform – with a dash of history and art
Contract reform is on the agenda again – or maybe it never left. A recent paper in the BDJ from Rebecca Harris and Rachel Foskett-Tharby of NHS England describes the problem of the current dental contract as ‘wicked’ or ‘stubborn.’
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In a football season where a statue has been raised in Plymouth of Jack Leslie, a black footballer, racism is in the news. Leslie played 400 times for Plymouth Argyle in the 1920’s and 30’s, scoring 137 times in the football league. Selected for the England squad in 1925, in the form of his life, he...
Patient complaints - inevitable but not irrevocable
Suki Singh talks to dentist and Head of Indemnity at the BDA, Len D’Cruz, about the inevitability of complaints and how to prevent them from escalating.
Why now is the best time to begin your retirement planning
Paul Barnfather, Specialist Dental Financial Adviser for Wesleyan Financial Services, shares how there is a cost when delaying financial planning for retirement.
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Does animal-assisted therapy help reduce dental anxiety?
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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Sodium bicarbonate for the management of oral mucositis
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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Restorative survival rate -self-adhesive resin cement versus selective-etch, total-etch and self-etch adhesives
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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