In conjunction with NSK, GDPUK are offering 3 lucky practices the opportunity to trial and review the new NSK iClave mini - NSK’s smallest and lightest autoclave

The NSK iClave mini is the perfect handpiece autoclave and is small enough to fit even the smallest decontamination area. Complying with Europe’s Class S sterilisation standard, the iClave mini sterilises even the invisible parts of handpieces, and with a footprint approximately the size of an A4 piece of paper the iClave mini fits in to the smallest space possible.

The iClave mini delivers up to 12 ‘dry’ handpieces in less that 12 minutes using direct-heating technology. This is coupled with a sophisticated design of the control panel and excellent visibility, with ease of use and day-to-day maintenance in mind.

The NSK iClave mini:

·         Small enough to fit in  very small space

·         Effective sterilisation for hollow instruments

·         Fast and compact but with large capacity

·         User-friendly and easy to operate

·         Perfect solution for quick handpiece turnaround

The NSK iClave mini is small enough to use anywhere!

For your chance to be one of just three practices to trial and review the NSK iClave mini for 2 months FREE of charge simply send an email with your details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and they will be in touch to let you know if you have been selected.

Chosen practices will have the opportunity to use the NSK iClave mini free of charge for 2 months and then be asked to complete an online questionnaire and telephone interview. After the trial period these practices will be offered the opportunity to buy the NSK iClave mini at a discounted price.

For more information on NSK’s care and maintenance range contact Mark Beckwith on 07900 246529 or visit www.nsk-uk.com

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Today we are proud to have reached 20,000 topics created on the GDPUK Forum since mid-2008. An incredible achievement from all involved. Thanks everyone for all the contributions to the forum pages over the years and the many interesting topics created. The site continues to foster a special atmosphere and relationship between dentists throughtout the UK. The forum exists because of the community, the many different contributors to the site (979 different ones last year) plus of course the thousands of dentists who read the site on a daily basis.

As you can see from the image above, there has also been 226,000 posts on the 20,000 topics created, which means on average there are just over 11 replies to each thread, which again demonstates how much everyone cares about dentistry in the UK and how it is natural for colleagues to want to help or guide each other. We hope all this help over the years has improved the level of dental care and professionalism and that the forum continues to be an incredibly useful resource for many years to come. 

Thanks to all the moderators of the site for keeping on eye on any controversial threads, thanks also to our webmaster Steve, who keeps all the forum software ticking along. A huge thanks, to the site owner Tony Jacobs whose vision and passion for dentistry in the UK, has kept the GDPUK community together and reaching amazing landmarks like today!

Bring on the next 20,000 topics :)

Rather than my usual look at what’s going on at the Schloss Moyes on Wimpole Street, I just thought I’d just ask a few questions this month, and leave the reader to think a bit about the possible answers.

I’ve become aware recently about the sheer scale of the money spent by the GDC on the whole PSA situation. The chances of getting answers from our arrogant and out of touch regulator are about the same as getting to watch the Titanic arriving in New York next week, carrying Lord Lucan, with Glenn Miller playing mood music in the bar whilst Elvis sings to Shergar on the top deck, but we can live in hope. Surely all that has now happened over the last few years with the GDC must start to bring some change.

1. How is it possible for the GDC to spend £735,000 of registrants money on the legal fallout of the Whistleblower affair and not have to answer to the profession or parliament for this?

2. Since this includes the GDC having to respond to ‘Letters of Claim’ involving members of the GDC, exactly how many of them are being sued and why are registrants picking up the bill for the actions of individuals?

3. Since the BDA know of this why have they not told the profession of the sheer scale of this use of registrants money?

4. Does this figure appear publically in the accounts of the GDC? If not, why not?

5. Why did the GDC spend £230,000 on the recruitment or ‘refreshing’ of the Investigating Committee in 2014 when it was likely the section 60 order would result in the recruitment of Case Examiners within a short period of time? Why couldn’t the existing members just carry on a bit longer and this money be saved?

6. As the Council members are aware of the inordinate amount of money being spent on what is basically incompetence and a lack of the correct procedures being followed or being in place, why has there been no public criticism by them of this?

7. Do all regulators spend a million pounds with such lack of transparency?

8. Given the ‘Objectionable Practice’ being run by the Investigating Committee Secretariat that lead to this whistleblowing, how many registrants have had the incorrect sanctions applied to them that shouldn’t have been?

9. How many of them have had their careers and personal lives affected by this?

10. Have these registrants been contacted and informed there may have been a breach in the natural justice they have a right to expect? If not why not?

11. Where is the duty of candour from the GDC to tell the truth about this situation involving registrants? Its not even mentioned in the latest Pravda press release or email from Moyes Towers.

12. Has anyone at the GDC been made aware we actually have a Human Rights Act in the UK and this applies to registrants since they are actually Human Beings?

13. Now Lord Hunt has been highly critical of the GDC in the Lords, and it has also been raised in the Commons during the recent Section 60 debate, why have there been no immediate resignations of the Council Members?

14. Does anyone think the Council Members have held the executive to account properly at any point in the last 3 years?

15. If not, why do we actually have a Council?

16. Should the present Chair and Council have anything to do at all with the recruitment of the new Chief Executive?

17. How much has Ms. Gilvarry’s departure cost registrants?

18. Why should her incompetent leadership be rewarded financially at the registrant’s expense with a termination package?

19. When are the BDA, DPL, DDU, FGDP, and all the other groups directly involved actually going to sit down together and PROPERLY talk to one another formally and lead the profession from the front?

20. Have the Executive, the Chair, and the Council actually been guilty of malfeasance in public office?

And your bonus question….

21. Should Bill pay for his own taxi when he leaves for the last time or should we let him have one last final trip on expenses?

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The Humble Smile Foundation, the excellent Humble Brush’s humanitarian partner, is extending its outreach by introducing the Humble Helpers Programme.

The aim of the Humble Helpers Programme is to help educate children on a number of interlinked topics, whilst providing a platform to raise much-needed funds for charitable endeavours all over the world. These funds will come straight from the profits of each Humble Brush sale – and will help make a real difference to those less fortunate!

As the Humble Smile Foundation will donate the same number of dental health adjuncts for every Humble Brush sold by its Humble Helpers, the effects of the programme will be felt far and wide.

Split into four interconnected modules, Charity, Oral Health, Healthy Eating and the Environment, the programme introduces the fundamental principle of the Humble Smile Foundation: how helping others can have a positive impact on the lives of everyone – not just in their own communities, but right across the globe. 

Participating schools will be supplied with all the necessary educational and promotional materials to help their appointed Humble Hero deliver the message to children. With their help, more people will have a reason to smile!

To find out more about the Humble Smile Foundation’s amazing work – and the popular Humble Brush – contact the team today!

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