| Kathy Harley, Dean of the Dental Faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons and a consultant in paediatric dentistry, has warned that half of five-year-olds had signs of wear to their tooth enamel. She warned that children who are encouraged to drink large amounts of fruit juice as part of their 'five a day' could be damaging their teeth. |
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1 comments| The British Dental Association (BDA) has launched a survey of dental students involved in this year’s round of applications for Dental Foundation Training (DFT) places. The research will put together a full picture of the experiences of final-year student BDA members that the BDA will feed back to the organisers of the DFT application process. |
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Read more: BDA surveys its student members on Foundation Training
| Neville Bainbridge who has been a member of the Dental Professionals Association for over 50 years and until 21st January was its Treasurer, has called for a Special General Meeting of the Association. This will decide on the demutualisation of the DPA. He and the acting chairman, Reg Short, have a agreed a framework for the meeting. |
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| The Council of the Dental Practitioners’ Association (formerly GDPA) has agreed to hand over the assets of the association to a new company GDPA Ltd in which CODE will have a majority shareholding. DPA members have not been informed and GDPUK understands that the DPA has received legal advice that the Council’s actions may acted ‘beyond its powers’ in not holding a general meeting of the Association. |
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| Prescription and dental patients’ charges in England will be increased on 1st April. No announcements have been made for Scotland Northern Ireland or Wales. The changes in charges were outlined by Health Minister Simon Burns and will be laid before Parliament soon. |
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Reports have reached GDPUK that the Chief Dental Officer (CDO) Barry Cockcroft is set to announce that 70-80 extra Foundation Year places will be made available this summer. This may partly defuse the row of the recruitment exercise, but up to 100 newly qualified UK dentists could be left without a job in NHS dentistry. The CDO will be briefing the dental press on the afternoon of Thursday March 1 and will be giving a talk at the Dentistry Show in Birmingham on Friday. |
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Read more: Government set to announce more Foundation Training places
