Time To Abandon Enhanced PPE?
It’s time to abandon enhanced PPE in dental practice and revert to everyday universal precautions.
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Dental practice principals could in future be considered to be liable for the dental negligence of their associates, following a recent judgement.
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Invisalign Maker Faces Court Action
The maker of Invisalign clear orthodontic appliances is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States.
Going ‘Green’ Could Save Dental Practices Money
The World Dental Federation (FDI) has launched an initiative to help reduce the environmental impact of dentistry and the dental industry.
School Meals Should Be Sugar-Free Says FDS
Calls for school meals to be made sugar-free have been backed by The Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
CE of NHS England ‘Standing Down’
The Health Service Journal has announced that the Chief Exectutive of NHS England is to stand down.
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What Model Works?
Once upon a time, as all the stories, good, and bad, start, a dental surgeon would have a chair of some sort in his (almost always his) south facing sitting room and ply his trade. George Bernard Shaw in the 1897 play “You never can tell” describes such a set up in the home of Dr Valentine, a...
Come On GDC - Be A Hero!
It seems odd at my age, writing the words ‘Dental Hero,’ but Simon was one of them, even though he was only a handful of years older than me. Simon was my first ever dental boss, and he ran two practices, one in the Cotswolds and a newly acquired practice in a large Worcestershire town.
How I Started To Learn To Love Humans Again
These days, if I get any phone call on my mobile from a number I don’t recognise, I reflexly activate the speakerphone and start the voice recorder up on my watch.I used to get quite tense and angry when I received these calls. At my own practice a few years ago, we fell victim to a scam operated by...
Don’t Be A Rat – Have A Quiet Word
Two years ago, a bit like anything the General Dental Council does lately, our oil-fuelled central heating boiler was condemned. It was old and tired, was wasting money and was basically unsafe – yes, am still talking about the boiler, but, you know, there are parallels there.
Backup - Protecting all of your data
Backup is without doubt the most important element of your IT Infrastructure, without a robust backup process in place in your practice your patient data is at risk, and if you lose your patient data, your whole practice is at risk – 60% of businesses that lose their data close within 6 months
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Clarithromycin as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment
This review of systemic or locally delivered clarithromycin as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal therapy included 7 small RCTs, 4 RCTS related to systemic use and 3RCTS for local application. The findings provide moderate certainty evidence suggesting locally delivered clarithromycin significantly improves treatment outcome
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Ten Years of the Dental Elf
It is now 10 years since the very first Dental Elf Blog. Since then we have published 1626 blogs covering a wide range of topics so we present a brief overview of the categories covered.
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Plaque disclosing methods: Do they lead to improvements in oral health?
This review of whether plaque-disclosing (PD) methods, applied by dental professionals or at-home with verbal oral hygiene instruction (OHI)improved plaque control compared with OHI alone included 7 RCTs involving 430 patients.
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