Mental Health Issues Loom Large In Dentistry
Dentistry has long been recognised as a ‘market leader’ when it comes to the mental health issues affecting those who deliver it.
No comments No commentsTop-Up Fees, An Indemnifier's View
While registrants have begun to think about the wider ramifications of the Court of Appeal top up decision, it has taken a little while for professional organisations and indemnifiers to comment.
Moving From UDAs to Burgers
At some point, many dentists will have fantasised about an alternative career. For most though, life as a professional musician, sportsperson, or author, will remain a dream and their days will continue to be dictated by an appointment book. One dentist’s choice of new career may be revealing of the state of UK dentistry in 2023.
GDC “top-up” Appeal Turned Down
Despite being able to fit the original 10 Commandments onto a pair of stone tablets, the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005, run to nearly 60 pages.
Poll Confirms NHS Dental Charges Are Repelling Patient Attendance
The recent 8.5% increase in NHS dental charges has attracted bitter criticism from the BDA, not least because none of the money raised will benefit providers or fund improvements to the service. Put simply, patients are being asked to pay more so that government can pay less.
Read more: Poll Confirms NHS Dental Charges Are Repelling Patient Attendance
The CDO & Reputation Management
“I am not doing nothing, I am a woman with a plan.” These were the words of the Chief Dental Officer (CDO) of England, Sara Hurley, at the recent House of Commons Health Committee hearing. Indeed the CDO has been a prolific provider of plans. What the best laid plans of this CDO have actually achieved, rather than whether or not she is included in the Coronation honours list, will be her true legacy.
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Overseas Recruitment in Dentistry - Legal Q & A's In the Dental Business - Part Three
In the third of her series of articles for GDPUK, Hewi Ma of Brabners Solicitors discusses employing overseas workers.
Training for my Antarctic Expedition
I was under no illusion that preparing for an expedition to the South Pole was going to be easy. It requires physical and mental preparation, developing skills and experience in navigation, glacier travel and being able to recognise and avoid crevassed terrain. The necessary tick-list I received whe...
My Solo Unsupported Expedition to the South Pole
I find myself writing this, surrounded by expedition gear, a day before leaving on a Polar training expedition in Finse, Norway. It’s fair to say that my life has never felt so busy and varied as the past 12 months since admitting to myself and the world that I would be embarking on a solo, unsuppor...
Legal Q & A's In the Dental Business - Part Two
In the second of her series of articles for GDPUK, Hewi Ma of Brabners Solicitors discusses common legal pitfalls in the business of Dentistry.
How does the 2023 Budget affect my pension?
Jeremy Hunt revealed the contents of his 2023 Budget in the House of Commons last week. Amongst announcements on household energy bills, free childcare and corporation tax, the Chancellor unveiled surprise changes to the pension tax regime that could benefit anyone who is a higher earner.
Legal Q & A's In the Dental Business
In the first of her new series of articles for GDPUK, Hewi Ma of Brabners Solicitors discusses common legal pitfalls in the business of Dentistry.
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29 May 2023
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Peri-implantitis – adjunctive measures to non-surgical peri-implant therapy
This review of the effectiveness of patient-performed or administered adjunctive measures to non-surgical peri-implantitis therapy included 9 RCTs. A wide range of interventions were tested but the studies were mainly small with only one being at low risk of bias. Consequently addition high quality well conducted studies are needed on both the prevention and treatment of peri-implant disease.
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Elf Break
The Dental Elves are taking a short break . Our next blog will appear on the 29th May.
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Peri-implantitis – surgical treatment methods
This review comparing the effectiveness of different surgical methods for peri-implantitis included 13 parallel group RCTs. However, a wide variety of interventions were tested and the studies were generally small providing very low certainty evidence. Consequently additional high quality well reported studies are needed.
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