There was a time when most practices had at least one cupboard full of toothpaste samples that eager representatives would deliver, whether they were used or not. In a more cost conscious age for the manufacturers, some dental team members find themselves having to plead for a few more tubes from the big brands.
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Broadcasting her highly charged message to market via Tik Tok, Cornwall dentist Dr Emi Mawson has hit out at the deadliest consequence of patients not being able to see NHS dentists for regular check-ups. Undiagnosed oral cancer.
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In a country where our politicians seem to know the cost of everything and the value of nothing, from the Treasury’s standpoint the current NHS contract is a winner.
There may not be much for indemnifiers to celebrate, but one well trailed change for the better now has a start date. It’s progress towards the statute books does illustrate the increasingly unwieldly legislative environment that medicine and dentistry are trapped in.
Dentists and football. There are the sofa experts. Those that kick about in the park with their children. The five a siders. The Sunday league players. And then there is Heimir Hallgrimsson.
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Amidst the turmoil of a global pandemic, war in Europe, the ejection of two prime ministers in a year, as well as record highs for inflation and interest rates, UK dental practice goodwill values have remained robust.