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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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| ‘Dentists have been very badly abused by both the way CQC regulation has been applied to them and by the double standard apparent in the way that what we were told was an unalterable timetable in relation to dentistry was very quickly delayed for our medical counterparts’. John Milne, Chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee, |
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| The Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) has relocated its memorial stone to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. It was transferred to the Arboretum from Aldershot. An additional inscription has been added to its base plinth which reads: 'Dedicated to those who have served or are serving in the ADC and RADC. The rededication service was attended by RADC Colonel in Chief, HRH the Duchess of Gloucester. |
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| A rather bizarre story comes to us from Japan where a dental clinic has started supplying fake crooked teeth to those with more traditional ‘Hollywood smile’. Dental Salon Plaisir says its ‘Stick-on Crooked Teeth’ will impart that desirable ‘imperfect’ look to men and women alike, making them more attractive to the opposite sex.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has launched a consultation on fees. It proposes to reduce the fees in the middle bandings for dental services. Cynthia Bower, CQC’s Chief Executive, said: “At this stage we are only proposing some minor changes to the fees scheme. These will be the first steps in a longer term strategy for a scheme that we will develop in close cooperation with providers.†|
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