A shocking survey shows that more than half of general medical practitioners have faced verbal abuse from patients, or those accompanying them, in the past month.
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Students who have won places to study dentistry are being offered £10,000 to transfer to different universities that haven’t been oversubscribed.
A new study has shown a stark disparity in the distribution of dental specialists in the UK.
Read more: BSPD Calls For Increase In Paediatric Dental Specialists
A specialist barrister has said that while “It is likely that a substantial number of cases will follow” in the wake of the Raj Rattan ‘vicarious liability’ case, the court’s examination of the NHS GDS contract may “Not be relevant to private dental work.”
Read more: Vicarious Liability - Will It Apply To Private Practice?
The UK Government’s decision to take on responsibility for the funding and implementation of water fluoridation, appears to have been justified with the publication of an important new study.
The General Dental Council received fewer concerns about registrants last year than in 2019, according to the regulator’s Annual Report for 2020.
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This Cochrane review update of different materials used for retrograde root filling in children and adults requiring retrograde filling included 8 RCTs. However the studies are all at high risk of bias so provide insufficient evidence for the benefits of any one material.
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The Dental Elves are taking a short break and will be back on the 18th October.
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This review of the effectiveness of locally delivered adjunctive antibiotic treatment during periodontal surgery on clinical outcomes included 9 RCTs. While the findings suggested that adjunctive locally delivered antibiotics could improve some clinical sutcomes they evidence was limited and of very low certainty.
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