Action needed on children’s oral health says RCS

Action is needed to improve children’s oral health after almost 26,000 children were admitted to hospital last year for tooth extractions, the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons has warned. The number of children who did not see an NHS dentist in England was double that of Scotland, it reported. The Dean, Professor Nigel Hunt, said: “It is unacceptable that so many children are being hospitalised from tooth decay when the disease is preventable.”

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637 more dentists leave register in 2015

The General Dental Council (GDC) has released figures showing that 2,092 dentists did not renew their registration in January this year. This compares with 1,455 at the same time in 2014. William Moyes, GDC chairman, marked the New Year with a letter to registrants, defending the stance he has taken.

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Public Health England issues Ebola guidance for dentists

Although it is unlikely that a patient with symptoms of Ebola will present at a dental practice or clinic for either routine or urgent care, dentists and their teams may see patients who have recently travelled from areas affected by the disease. Public Health England has therefore issued guidance for dentists on how to treat such patients,which can be downloaded from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ebola-advice-for-dental-care-teams

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GDC launches pilot scheme for way to handle NHS complaints locally

A pilot scheme is being launched this month which will aim to ensure that concerns about dentist's performance are handled where appropriate by the local NHS in England, rather than by the General Dental Council (GDC). Chief Executive and Registrar, Evlynne Gilvarry, said: “The scheme has the potential to enable the GDC to focus more of its resources on cases where patients are at risk because the dentists' fitness to practise may be impaired.”

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Call for tax on sugary drinks

The Children's Food Campaign has published figures showing that the introduction of a 20 pence per litre duty on sugary drinks would benefit Londoners' health, as well as save the NHS in London £39 million over twenty years. However another report says that Britain ‘is falling out of love with fruit juice’, according to a report which found that sales fell after campaigns about their high sugar content.

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Lithuanian dentists have problems

A recent survey of Lithuanian dentists found that one third of them work long hours and lack patients. Many dentists practice in multiple locations and plan to retire after the official retirement age. Some dentists and dental specialists plan to emigrate. The perceived shortcomings within the dental care system and workforce planning of dentists need to be addressed, the researchers say.

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Action needed on children’s oral health says RCS

637 more dentists leave register in 2015

Public Health England issues Ebola guidance for dentists

GDC launches pilot scheme for way to handle NHS complaints locally

Call for tax on sugary drinks

Lithuanian dentists have problems

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