The BDA Makes Case - Improved Pay and Conditions

It may seem like putting on a mime performance for the visually impaired, but each year the BDA does it’s best to explain to those in charge, why dentists and their teams deserve to be properly paid.

It may seem like putting on a mime performance for the visually impaired, but each year the BDA does it’s best to explain to those in charge, why dentists and their teams deserve to be properly paid.
The veteran Radio 4 presenter turned Times journalist Libby Purves OBE used her Times newspaper column (Monday 7th March) to throw her weight behind the tidal wave of concern surrounding the state of NHS dentistry.
Read more: Times Journalist’s outspoken appeal for NHS Dentistry
The language that gave us ‘Carte blanche’ and ‘Faux pas’ has many eloquent two word expressions, and we can now add ‘mutilation dentaire’ to the list.
Read more: The French Have Two Words For It. “Dental Mutilations”.
The consensus that the UDA system should go has grown since its conception and now even MPs and the ministers in control seem to agree.
Part of a busy GDP’s career progression was that the high speed drills and ultrasonics which they used, became quieter after a few years. Perhaps not so much as a result of improved technology but their users becoming increasingly deaf. Or so many dentists assumed.
As widely reported on GDPUK and across the mainstream media, NHS dentistry is facing an exodus of dentists and practices.
Read more: Patients Despair As Devon NHS Dentist Goes Private
Rebecca Bayne
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Clive Pidgeon
Many thanks for a great idea which has served me very well over the years,
Ian Gordon
"The better it gets the more the DH and others go out of their way to critcise. An interesting approach to the open sharing of information"
This review assessing factors related to pulp survival after tooth fracture included 24 studies (4 RCTs, 6 prospective cohort studies, 12 retrospective cohorts, and 2 case-control studies). However the available evidence is overall of very low certainty.
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This review of the effect of additives incorporated into lidocaine solution on the success of inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) included 12 RCTs. The findings suggest that additives did not improve the success rate of IANB but the evidence is of low to very low certainty.
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Aoife McDougall and Carly Ross look at this trail comparing multimedia websites & printed information for their quality,ease of understanding, and impact on decision making in adolescents.
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