The scandal of patients left in the lurch and dentists left unpaid following the liquidation of Finest Dental continues to grow. GDPUK has monitored an increasing number of reports from those involved which raise serious issues that should concern the General Dental Council, who have a statutory obligation to both regulate the profession and protect patients.
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NHS England has recently published standard operating procedures for COVID-19 in primary dental care settings. This lays down the procedures to be carried out if a patient is suspected of having the virus. The BDA has also issued advice to its members on procedures to be adopted.
Read more: Updated advice for dental practices on treatment of patients with COVID-19 issued
The BDA has applauded swift action from government and the dental industry to unlock stocks of face masks to ease the mounting supply problems facing UK dental services. BDA Chair Mick Armstrong said: "The clock was ticking on this face mask shortage, and dentists and patients will applaud decisive action from the industry and government.”
A Welsh Government programme which helps improve the oral health of older people living in care homes has had its yearly funding doubled to half a million pounds. This will enable the programme to be offered to all care homes in Wales from 2020/21.
Read more: Funding doubled for older people’s oral health programme in Wales
The BDA has welcomed the GDC’s call for evidence on the risk presented by remote orthodontic providers, such as SmileDirectClub, and urged the regulator to engage with the growing weight of evidence emerging overseas. The GDC has said they are ‘aware’ of a number of organisations offering services remotely which could constitute dentistry as defined in law, including the growth in ‘direct-to-consumer orthodontics’.
An Australian court has ordered Google to identify the person behind an anonymous bad review of a dentist. Dr Matthew Kabbabe, a teeth-whitening specialist in Melbourne, sought the order so he could sue for defamation. He claimed user CBsm 23 had damaged his business by telling others to "STAY AWAY".
Read more: Australian dentist wins case to find name of bad review author
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Karen Bridgewater, France
well done for explosive growth on GDPUK. Very impressive indeed, great posts- I love GDPUK, posters feel like my Brit friends.
Barry Rosenbloom
That is the beauty of this [GDPUK] forum as many of us practice in isolation often not talking and discussing matters with colleagues.
Ed Byrne
"Changes in the NHS, commercial pressures and the challenges of regulation have definitely made it more difficult to sit back and enjoy your dentistry.However, I firmly believe that GDPUK provides a wonderful family where practitioners can communicate, obtain support and advice. Practitioners need no longer be isolated. Help and advice is just a posting away."
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This review of the the efficacy of probiotics on oral Candida spp. includes 12 RCTs and suggests a possible benefit. However the quality of the evidence is limited so the findings should be intepreted cautiously.
The post Oral candidiasis: Are probiotics effective? appeared first on National Elf Service.
This review comparing the effects of envelope and triangular flaps for mandibular third molar surgery included 20 RCTs involving 770 patients. A majority of the studies were of cross-over design with the findings suggesting no differences in teh outcomes between the two flap designs.
The post Third molars: Envelope or triangular flap for mandibular third molar surgery? appeared first on National Elf Service.