| A new dental campaign:‘Heart Your Smile’, was recently started in the UK. The campaign aims to improve confidence of dentists in the UK dental profession, and it took place at Showcase in Birmingham. Launching it, dentist James Goolnik, spoke about measures for improving the dental profession. |
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Southampton City council has voted by 2-1 to oppose the fluoridation of its water supply. Earlier this year the local Strategic Health Authority (SHA) won the legal right to introduce the measure. It has also been announced that NHS North West has abandoned its plans to spend £200 million on a fluoridation consultation. |
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| The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that ‘phasing down’ instead of ‘phasing out’ may be the prudent approach for the use of dental amalgam at this stage. Alternatives to the material existed, but the quality of these materials needed to be improved. |
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| Labour has accused the Scottish Government of ‘sneaking’ out an announcement on the introduction of IOTN that, they say, could force parents to pay thousands to fix their children’s teeth. Health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said people would be “understandably angry†after it emerged parents could face bills of up to £2000 for treatment. |
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To celebrate its forty years in business, The Dental Directory is to fund a new Chair in Dentistry at the University of Warwick. The gift will establish a unique new UK Chair in dentistry which will focus on primary care. The University of Warwick boasts one of the country’s top rated medical schools which includes Warwick Dentistry. |
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The sale value of the average dental practice has fallen in the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Solicitors (NASDAL) goodwill survey for the quarter ending July 31st 2011. It has dropped from 98% of turnover in the previous quarter ending April 2011 to 90% in the most recent collection of figures from NASDAL members. |
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