Sky News reports that Southern Dental, the chain based in Sussex, is contemplating a sale that would yield an estimated £80million for its owners. Sky News understands that Dr Mazdak Eyrumlu, who founded Southern Dental a decade ago, has retained advisers to draw up plans for an auction of part or all of the company. However Southern Dental could not be reached for comment.
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The BDA has responded to the Review Body (DDRB) award of a 1% pay-rise for dentists for 2016/17. GDPC chair, Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen, said: “This modest uplift will leave many dentists struggling to provide needed investment in training, equipment and materials.” Robert Donald, Scottish Dental Practice Committee chair said: ““For Scottish GDPs ‘more of the same’ means a deepening crisis of morale, and an inability to deliver investment in practices.”
The Chief Dental Officer for England, Sara Hurley, has outlined the key themes of her proposed integrated strategy for oral health and dental care. In a speech to the FGDP(UK), she called for “more joint endeavours - professional, geographic and conceptual”, “greater national direction” over the responsibilities of Local Offices, and “training and support… to ensure that all NHS England Commissioners know what quality oral care looks like”.
Dr Milad Shadrooh, a dentist from Basingstoke in Hampshire, is making his name as ‘The Singing Dentist’ – the man behind the eyebrows and funny quips in a series of videos. He told a local paper about his first video: “It all started out as a bit of a joke really, there’s so many bad, illegal tooth whitening products out there that can be really damaging to people in the long term that I made a video and put it on Facebook and different forums and groups for the dentists to see.”
The General Dental Council (GDC) and Thurrock Trading Standards have joined forces to stop a leading high street retailer from offering tooth whitening services by individuals not on the register of dental professionals. An investigation by the GDC found sales assistants in the Hair and Beauty by Regis UK concession stands in Tesco stores were offering tooth whitening services to in-store customers using kits and LED lamps.
Read more: GDC and trading standards stop sale of tooth whitening products
The British Dental Association (BDA) has insisted that practices are not penalised following IT failures in the new NHS ‘Compass’ system, which could leave many failing to meet contractual requirements. The BDA had expressed grave concerns about bringing in a new system so close to the end of the financial year, but had received repeated assurances from the BSA that these concerns were misplaced.
Read more: BDA: dentists must not pay price for failure of Compass system
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Early childhood caries (ECC) is a common oral health problem, particularly in disadvantaged and developing populations. Its causes are multifaceted, including feeding practices like breastfeeding. The link between breastfeeding and ECC is unclear. Key findings No significant association was found between breastfeeding and the development of early childhood caries (ECC). Nighttime breastfeeding was associated with an [read the full story...]
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Antiresorptive drugs, used to treat osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease, can complicate dental implant procedures by increasing the risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). This systematic review investigates how these drugs affect the success and complications associated with osseointegrated dental implants. Key findings Antiresorptive drugs significantly increase the risk of (MRONJ), accounting for [read the full story...]
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The study assesses the impact of antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures, specifically focusing on the risk reduction for high-risk individuals.
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