The announcement earlier this year of £50M to fund thousands upon thousands of urgent dental care appointments provided ministers and apologists with a perfect retort to fend off MPs and the public’s legitimate concerns about access to NHS dental services. How many patients it actually helped is rather more obscure.
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An article written by a respected dentist and academic has received widespread social media plaudits for the way it encapsulates the feelings of many UK practitioners regarding dental litigation and the General Dental Council.
Read more: The GDC and NHS UDAs Crushed Compassion – The Brutal Truth
There is no respite in the bad news stories about NHS access but a clear pattern has now emerged. There is a sad predictability to both the stories of the dentally disenfranchised, and the responses from those nominally responsible for providing their care.
Read more: Welcome to the New Normal - the NHS access crisis
New Government proposals to limit the legal costs that lawyers can recover for clinical negligence claims have been welcomed by Dental Protection.
Read more: New Proposals To Curb Negligence Claims Don’t Go Far Enough Says Dental Protection
It was headlined bluntly in Hansard as, “NHS Dentistry Backlog,” being part of the latest Health and Social Care debate in the House of Commons, but did not see the government bring out its big hitters.
Dentist shortages could be alleviated by employing more dental therapists, a leading dental academic has claimed.
Read more: Dental Dean Calls For More Therapists To Solve Dentist Shortage
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Antiresorptive drugs, used to treat osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease, can complicate dental implant procedures by increasing the risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). This systematic review investigates how these drugs affect the success and complications associated with osseointegrated dental implants. Key findings Antiresorptive drugs significantly increase the risk of (MRONJ), accounting for [read the full story...]
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The study assesses the impact of antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures, specifically focusing on the risk reduction for high-risk individuals.
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