A director for Public Health England (PHE) has said the adding of fluoride to the public water supply is now in the hands of local authorities. Dr Graham Bickler was responding to a question from Hampshire County Council leader Roy Perry about fluoridation plans. PHE said: “No decision has yet been taken and PHE is committed to working constructively with both local authorities.”
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The man behind a controversial plan for a crematorium in the USA, Jim Bob Humphrey, has presented his case before the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners to remove mercury fillings from teeth before cremation. The crematorium Humphrey is wanting to build would be adjacent to a school and parents are worried about a possible health hazard from the fillings emitting mercury into the air.
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In their meeting in London on Friday 10th October, the General Dental Practice Committee [GDPC], an autonomous committee of the British Dental Association, voted unanimously in favour of a motion showing no confidence in the General Dental Council [GDC].
The BDA has told the GDC – ‘come clean, or we'll seek court order’. Mick Armstrong, Chair of the PEC, said: “From the start the GDC has stubbornly refused to disclose the key information behind its planned fee hike. We’ve sought reasonable clarity but all we have been left with is a growing list of unanswered questions. Well today we couldn’t be clearer - the GDC has to come clean or we will seek a court order.”
The latest goodwill survey from NASDAL for the quarter ending July 31st reflects a buoyant market for the sale and purchase of dental practices, with NHS contracts still a strong selling point. NASDAL member Alan Suggett said that the average goodwill value secured for a practice with an NHS contract was 144% of gross fee income and for a mixed practice it was 116% of turnover.
The largest dental laboratory in the UK has gone into administration with the loss of 120 jobs according to reports in the local newspaper The Bolton News. Workers at the lab said they were told they were being made redundant before being asked to leave the premises. Leeds-based accountant Mazars has been appointed administrator.