Health Secretary Sajid Javid has ‘formally commenced’ the 2022-2023 pay round with a letter to the Chair of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeration (DDRB).
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Views on the General Dental Council held by dental professionals, are more negative than positive, according to the latest research commissioned by the regulator.
Within hours of dentists receiving new standard operating procedures from the Chief Dental Officer for England, there was widespread speculation on social media as to whether the newly-identified B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2 will be a threat to a return to normality in UK dental practice.
Read more: Will Omicron Disrupt Transition To Dental Recovery?
The Office of the Chief Dental Officer for England (OCDO) has now published its latest Transition to recovery Standard operating procedure guidance.
The UK Health Security Agency, a body set up following the demise of Public Health England, has issued new guidance, COVID-19: infection prevention and control dental appendix for practices and relaxations on the tight controls that have been in operation over the last 18 months.
Uncertainty surrounding the likely uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination by dental staff is leaving practice owners anxious at the possibility of staff shortages.
Read more: COVID Vaccination Uptake By Dental Staff Causes Workforce Concerns
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Adam
Just a quick note to say how much I have enjoyed this site. - Thanks for all the hard work. It wouldnt allow GDPs like me to swap ideas and thoughts otherwise. The figures speak for themselves in showing how much a site like this is needed. Keep it up!!
Anon
excellent website for the dental profession!
Adrian Nalden
AFAIC Tony is up there with Martin Lewis. Indeed the GDPUK shortcut is right next to MSE at the top left of my shorctut toollbar. Without either, I would be much poorer and almost certainly not working here. I simply could not have got where I am today without this forum.
This Cochrane review update of the effects of different orthodontic treatments for posterior crossbites included 31 RCTS eight of whihc were at low risk of bias. They found that for children iaged 7 to 11 years old), quad-helix and expansion plates were more beneficial than no treatment for correcting posterior crossbites.
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This Cochrane review of the effects of orthodontic interventions for preventing or correcting crowded teeth in children included 24 RCTs. A wide range of interventions were assessed typically is small single studies so the available evidence is of very low certainty.
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This review of whether chemotherapy, in addition to radiotherapy and/or surgery for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer, results in improved overall survival included 100 studies. the findings indicated some benefit only when used in a few specific circumstances.
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