Pandemic Was A 'Dental Disaster' Says FDI

The President of the World Dental Federation (FDI) has called the oral health aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic ‘A dental disaster.’

The President of the World Dental Federation (FDI) has called the oral health aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic ‘A dental disaster.’
The General Dental Council has finally announced a quarterly Direct Debit scheme for payment of the Annual Retention Fee.
Delays in dental treatment due to the pandemic are now top of the five main reasons for patient complaints.
A Hull dentist has begged patients to be polite and kind after staff suffered verbal abuse.
The coronavirus has “exposed and exacerbated the issues facing mixed and private practices across the UK,” a roundtable on the future of dentistry has heard.
Read more: The Future Of Dentistry Roundtable – Coronavirus Exposed Issues
Calls have been made to find alternatives to plastic toothpaste tubes as it’s been estimated that 300 million toothpaste tubes a year go to landfill.