Three people are reported to have been shot at a facility run by the direct-to-consumer orthodontics company, Smile Direct Club.
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Access to NHS dentistry in Yorkshire has reached a ‘new low’ according to Healthwatch York.
With an increasing number of dentists in the UK venturing into the cosmetic world of Botox and Dermal Fillers, the British Dental Association has urged practitioners to be appropriately protected.
Read more: Dentists Are Warned To Beware When Riding Into The Beauty Treatment ‘Wild West’
“Dentistry is a hugely important service” says the new Chief Executive Officer of NHS England.
Read more: New NHS CEO Appreciates the Importance Of Health Service Dentistry
If you anticipated that the newly updated Standard Operating Procedure guidance would bring joy and excitement at the prospect of an end to the shackles of fallow times, you were probably, like many, seriously underwhelmed.
Read more: Not-Quite-Routine – A Roundup Of Unusual Dental Stories
The General Dental Council is facing further calls for transparency, following its latest response to a Freedom of Information request regarding the regulator’s use of private investigators.
Read more: Transparency: GDC Shields Behind Freedom Of Information Act Again
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This review of the effectiveness of locally administered antibiotics in the treatment of peri-implantitis included 12 small studies 7 of which were RCTs. While the findings suggest a small additional benefit with antibiotic use however the clinical importance of this is debatable.
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Manas Dave takes a look at this review aiming to identify the potential risk factors associated with the development of oral mucositis in paediatric patients. While a range of risk factos are higlighted it is worth noting that 80-100% of all children having chemotherapy experience some degree of mucositis.
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This review of the effectiveness of warm saltwater mouthwashes in preventing incidence of dry socket following tooth extraction included 8 RCTs. Only one of the included studies was considered to be at low risk of bias with the findings indicting that saltwater was more effective than no moutwash but less effective than chlorhexidine.
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