A turtle hospital in the Florida Keys called a local dentist for help to mend a sea turtle's broken shell. The dentist, Fred Troxel, used denture repair adhesive to bond two metal plates across a split in the turtle's shell. A month ago, the turtle had arrived at the turtle hospital with its shell possibly fractured by a passing boat.
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It has been announced that dentists can now request the facility to edit their practice profiles and respond to patient feedback on the NHS Choices website direct from the NHS Choices central helpdesk. The ability for dentists to do so has been provided following lengthynegotiations that have stressed the importance of practices being able to change information and counter any inaccurate postings. Previously practices had to apply to NHS commissioners for editing rights. This created an extra hurdle for them.
At the General Dental Practice Committee meeting in London on Friday 4th October a motion was proposed: “The General Dental Practice Committee recommends that an Emergency General Meeting of the BDA’s UK Council is urgently convened, to examine the impact of the new membership structure on the Association.” This was passed UNANIMOUSLY by GDPC. The BDA membership needs to know that there is strong feeling amongst their elected representatives, and this is being resisted by the leadership of the BDA. |
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NHS dental practices continue to attract higher prices than private practices according to the latest goodwill survey results from NASDAL. Carried out quarterly, the most recent survey for the period April to July shows that on average, an NHS practice – defined as a practice with more than 80% of its income from its NHS contract – was 105.2%.
According to President of Athens Dental Association Athanassios Yfantis, nearly 600 dentists have left the country due to financial crisis affecting their profession. “Dentistry has been significantly damaged by the long-standing crisis. Dental human resources migrating abroad every year is constantly increasing and regards all age groups,” Yfantis said.
The picture shows well known dentist Dr John Barry of Wick with Christian Nock.
