Patients rate their dental care highly

Patients rate their dental care highly
Dental treatment in the UK is well-explained, provides good value for money and delivers high levels of satisfaction among patients, according to a report published by the British Dental Association (BDA). The survey found that eight out of ten patients who had seen a dentist in the past two years were highly satisfied with their treatment. Almost eight out of ten of those patients who paid for their treatment thought the explanation of fees and charges was ‘good’ or ‘very good’ and more than three out of four rated their treatment as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ value for money.
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Belfast Dental School still on probation

Belfast Dental School still on probation
Last year the General Dental Council (GDC) issued an adverse report on the dental school at Queens University Belfast. A follow-up inspection this year found that there had been ‘limited progress’ and that the BDS programme remained in a fragile state. ‘What progress there has been has taken place at a far slower pace than we had anticipated or hoped’ it noted. Another inspection will take place next year.
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Oral bacteria are associated with pancreatic cancer risk

Oral bacteria are associated with pancreatic cancer risk
In a new study, researchers report that people who had high levels of antibodies for an infectious oral bacterium turned out to have double the risk for developing pancreatic cancer. High antibody levels for harmless oral bacteria, meanwhile, predicted a reduced pancreatic cancer risk. The new study finds significant associations between antibodies for multiple oral bacteria and the risk of the cancer.
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Exclusive Interview with GDC Chair Prof Kevin O'Brien

Now that Professor Kevin O'Brien has completed a year in the Chair of the General Dental Council, he responded to an earlier request for an exclusive interview with GDPUK and its' membership. GDPUK members formed questions for the interview over the summer on the site's forum, and then these were supplemented by a face to face interview with Tony Jacobs near Kevin's home in Manchester.
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