NHS England Widely Criticised For Targets
The late announcement of the new NHS contract targets for the next six months has been met with widespread condemnation from members of the profession.
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NHS Targets Announced For Next Six Months
NHS England has finally told NHS dental practices the targets they will face from April 1st, ending weeks of financial uncertainty.
Government ‘Vision’ For A Child’s Early Development Omits Dentistry
The omission of oral health from a 146-page Government review of child health development, has been condemned by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry.
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NASDAL’S Verdict On The Pandemic Not All Gloom
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t bring all gloom to dentistry according to NASDAL’s ‘State of the Nation’ press conference.
CQC Inspections To Restart
The Care Quality Commission will resume routine inspections from April.
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Backup - Protecting all of your data
Backup is without doubt the most important element of your IT Infrastructure, without a robust backup process in place in your practice your patient data is at risk, and if you lose your patient data, your whole practice is at risk – 60% of businesses that lose their data close within 6 months
Sorry Is The Hardest Word
I was fifteen and I was on my first ‘date.’ We were in the Grove Cinema, Winson Green, Birmingham. For some stupid reason, which looking back was actually probably reasonably refined psychological reasoning for a 15-year-old lad playing to what he thought might appeal to girls, I had decided to take...
What is the GDC's Line of Duty?
So, it’s been a heavy few days for the General Dental Council, clinging desperately on to its reputation as a law-abiding health regulator, while being dragged into a murky, treacherous quicksand, by its own past misdemeanours. The following isn’t a full list of the GDC’s antics, by any means.
Raisin Awareness
For the last 18 months I have been campaigning to get the government to change the policy to stop giving out dried fruit as part of the School Fruit & Vegetable Scheme. GDPUK news was one of the first places to publish details about Raisin Awareness. Following on from Marcus Rashford's incredibl...
Christmas Was February
Christmas Was February As a committed Labour Party member it is quite something to be impressed by a Conservative Party Minister and Secretary of State for Health, but I have to say this is precisely the case. The recently published proposals on fluoridation represent a clear intention to act. There...
Don’t Leave Yourself Vulnerable
Last week, the NHS made a plea to victims of abuse to contact the health service for support. The call came after it was shown that calls to support lines had almost halved since the lockdowns started. It was suggested that because domestic abusers were also at home more, there was less opportunity ...
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Chronic periodontitis: Efficacy of adjunctive antimicrobials
This review of the efficacy of antimicrobials adjunctive to scaling and root planing (SRP) in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. 21 RCTs were included with the findings showing that amoxicillin and metronidazole had the largest statistical benefit. Whether this benefit is a clinically important benefit is a wider question.
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Orofacial trauma in wheeled non-motorsports
This review of the prevalence of orofacial trauma in wheeled non-motor sports athletes included 5 cross-sectional studies involving 132,132 participants. Analyses showed the overall prevalence of orofacial trauma = 21.7% (95%CI; 8.7 to 34.7%) however the evidence was of very low certainty.
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Caries detection methods: How accurate are they?
This review of the accuracy of different methods for detecting carious lesions in primary and permanent teeth compares visual inspection, radiographs and fluorescence-based detection. 240 studies were included and the findings suggest that visual inspection was adequate for most patients.
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