Denplan’s annual Dental Benefit Survey has shown a rise in employees asking for dental plans, with 63 per cent of employees without a dental plan saying they would consider one if their employer offered it. The survey also highlights that 78 per cent of employees attend the dentist at least once every two years.
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Almost half the residents of Durness, Scotland have signed a petition urging NHS Highland to provide a dentist locally. A survey carried out by the village’s community council has exposed the problems of travelling to the nearest dental surgery at Lairg, some 56 miles away. But many patients travel to Inverness to see their dentist.
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is advising dentists across the UK to check their dental curing lights are genuine following the discovery that 261 counterfeit devices have been sold on the internet auction website eBay. The counterfeit devices have not been tested for safety nor efficacy. The MHRA investigation has identified the origin of the units as a company in China that specialises in tattoo equipment.
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The General Dental Council (GDC), has successfully prosecuted a woman for the illegal practice of dentistry and the unlawful use of the title Dentist. Claire Williams of Chinnor in Oxfordshire, was fined £1,000, ordered to pay full GDC costs of £1559.15 and a £100 victim surcharge.
A number of likeminded colleagues including Ike Fazal, of Bristol, who have all supported various dental charities in East Africa, were invited by Professor Lord McColl CBE to an evening reception at the House of Lords last Friday 25 Oct.
The GDC has assisted the Metropolitan Police to successfully prosecute a man for unlawfully practising dentistry. On Friday 25 October 2013 Young Jun Suh appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to unlawfully practising dentistry. He was fined £1000, ordered to pay a £100 victim surcharge and £85 towards costs.
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