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Commissioning of NHS dental services is experiencing a turbulent period as it contends with structural change in the NHS, the launch of pilots for a new dental contract and pressures on funding. The BDA survey of PCTs reflects a shifting landscape for them, in which more than a quarter of those questioned said that their commissioning functions had merged with those of other PCTs. |
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No comments| The pop star Keysha (aka Ke$ha) has taken to wearing a necklace made of her human teeth. It all started when a fan sent her a tooth, so she made it into a necklace then added a few of her own baby teeth. She now has a collection of around 500 of such ‘gifts’. Two of her recent albums were called ‘Animal’ and ‘Cannibal’. |
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| The Government announced that 68 dental practices are now starting the new dental contract pilot studies. The trials will look at ways of increasing patient access and promoting preventative dental treatments like fluoride varnish. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: “It is vital that patients receive high quality dental care and we are committed to promoting good oral health and preventing dental decay, especially in children.†The BDA said the dental pilots were a ‘positive step’.  |
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Some 26,000 fewer children are now seen by an NHS dentist than in 2004/06, despite a rise in the overall number of people paying a visit, according to the latest report from the NHS Information Centre. Other findings include a rise in the use of fluoride varnish, exempts having more Band 3 treatments than charge payers and more female dentists working in the NHS. |
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Straight Talk Seminars has launched worldwide the new Inman Aligner Clinical Manual. It is an in-depth reference publication on the Inman Aligner orthodontic system. It is available to practitioners in Europe, the US, Australia and the Middle East. It comprises 160 pages of step-by-step guidance on the technique with illustrations of each case with sharp, high-resolution graphics. |
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| Statistics for dental commissioning for the quarter ending June 2011 have been released by the Department of Health. This shows that 89.0 million UDAs were commissioned as at 30th June. This represents a decrease of 52,000 (less than 0.1%) on the UDAs commissioned as at 31st March 2011.
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