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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Enlighten offer bleaching light buyback

In a bid to help dental practices meet the new tooth whitening Directive, which is now in force as of today, Enlighten, as part of their Bleaching Light Buyback Programme, is offering to buy back bleaching lights from dentists.

 

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BDTA welcomes new whitening rules

BDTA welcomes new whitening rules
The British Dental Trade Association (BDTA) has welcomed the amendment to the UK cosmetic regulations which comes into force on Oct 31. The amendment means that tooth whitening products containing or releasing between 0.1 and 6 per cent hydrogen peroxide can now only be sold to dental practitioners, and that their first use on patients must be by a dental professional in a dental setting.
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At the Start Line - Solo and Unsupported Expedition to the South Pole

At the Start Line - Solo and Unsupported Expedition to the South Pole

Cat Burford
This blog has been a long time coming and for that, I can only apologise. I naively thought that a return to the real world without the same demands of training and fundraising, would mean more free time. How wrong I was!
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GDC Failing Again - Wasting Your Money - Oversight Flawed

GDC Failing Again - Wasting Your Money - Oversight Flawed

Stephen Henderson
Once again, the GDC is in the courts and on the wrong end of criticism for the way it has conducted itself in legal proceedings Baz v General Dental Council [2025] EWHC 643 (Admin) (20 March 2025). At the same time, serious failings have been identified in the effectiveness of the non-executive Coun...
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Are we heading for the end of mixed practice?

Are we heading for the end of mixed practice?

Guest Contributors
That three lettered blue and white logo over the door and on the website may not be quite the patient magnet that it once was.
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GDC makes successful appeal - can impose longer sentences

GDC makes successful appeal - can impose longer sentences

Stephen Henderson
The Court of Appeal says "As always, the touchstone will be the protection of the public" - The GDC makes a successful appeal in immediate orders case .... even if that means individual registrants are prevented from practising by long suspensions.
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GDC accepts its response to an FOI request 'was not correct' and 'less than helpful'.

GDC accepts its response to an FOI request 'was not correct' and 'less than helpful'.

Stephen Henderson
A recent FOI request Questions to the Council - Council Meetings - a Freedom of Information request to General Dental Council - WhatDoTheyKnow has thrown up more chaos within the GDC about how it stores and processes data.
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High Court slams the GDC’s “lamentable ignorance” of court procedures

High Court slams the GDC’s “lamentable ignorance” of court procedures

Stephen Henderson
The GDC’s “lamentable ignorance” of the confidential nature of Family Court proceedings has led to a brutal judgment of its conduct during the investigation of the fitness to practise of a dental registrant. General Dental Council v KK & Anor [2024] EWHC 3053 (Fam) (25 November 2024)
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