Newly released General Dental Council figures have shown a substantial number of dentists have not renewed their registrations for 2021.
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The UK Supreme Court has recently backed many small firms, including dental practices, over business interruption insurance claims reports the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers, (NASDAL) reports. The Court found largely in favour of small firms receiving payments from business interruption insurance policies.
The Telegraph has reported that latest figures show that the number of dental treatments delivered to children has more than halved in a year. Eddie Crouch, Chair of the British Dental Association, told the paper: “Covid means deep oral health inequalities are set to widen, as millions of children have missed out on care.”
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The MDDUS has broadly welcomed the acknowledgement by the General Dental Council, that challenging and difficult conditions faced by the dental profession during the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered formally, during any investigations into complaints about registrants.
A former BUPA Dental Care practice manager has escaped a prison sentence after admitting carrying out a £60,000 fraud against her employers.
North Wales Live reported that Jennifer Christine Locke was given a suspended two-year gaol sentence after Caernarfon Crown Court heard that the 33-year-old had carried out a ‘sophisticated crime’ between September 2018 and July 2020.
Despite overwhelming support from MP’s, the Minister for Health and Social Care has failed to reassure the profession that the controversial 45% contract target on NHS dental practices will be overturned.
A fact that may send a shiver down the spines of dentists and hygienists alike, is that calculus can remain on human fossils for a million years.
While it may disturb dental professionals, this phenomenon is helping archaeologists at Leiden University in the Netherlands to uncover the drugs habits of ancient people.
Sky News has reported that the cash-and-carry conglomerate Bestway is planning a £700m takeover of Integrated Dental Holdings. IDH is one of the UK’s largest dental corporates in the UK and trades as myDentist, which operates over 670 NHS and private practices.