Manchester perio specialist Philip Greene has recently been appointed as the President for the British Society of Periodontology (BSP). Dr Greene has been in general and specialist practice for over 40 years, and is highly experienced in all forms of periodontal surgical and non-surgical treatment and implantology.

The British Dental Trade Association (BDTA) reports another successful Showcase earlier this month. On each of the three days thousands of dental professionals converged on London’s ExCeL. Delegates took advantage of the opportunity to interact with and gain advice from over 330 leading dental companies each with its own on-stand experts ready to help and share their knowledge.

There is a long held view of the traditional family GP widely trusted within the community, always on hand to dish out advice. But new research reveals that dentists are winning the race for trust, as 88 per cent of people surveyed in a new poll confirmed that they have a very high degree of trust in their dentist, even greater than in their doctor.

The Daily Telegraph has claimed that dental patients are being put at risk of infection by dentists ‘who fail to clean surgical equipment properly.’ Using freedom of information requests the paper reports that one in nine practices inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was found to be in breach of Department of Health guidelines on cross infection control.

West Midlands dentist Joyce Trail has been jailed for seven years for conspiracy to defraud, Her offences mainly involved denture work for older people in care homes.. Between 2006 and 2009 she submitted 7,000 invoices for work she had never done, 100 of which were for patients who were actually dead. She managed to extract £1.4 million from the NHS through fraud.