Golden Hellos for NHS Dentists gets Negative Press

Golden Hellos for NHS Dentists gets Negative Press

Rishi Sunak‘s flagship dentist recruitment drive has been branded “toothless” after it failed to attract a single new dentist, seven months after its launch.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Periodontal Disease

Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Periodontal Disease

The association between oral health and general health is now well established. In particular it is now accepted that our patients with periodontal disease may be fast tracking themselves for other conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Chronic heart and kidney disease are also linked and there are increasing numbers of studies showing an association with dementia.

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The Dentist Will See You Now – Roll Up Your Sleeve

The Dentist Will See You Now – Roll Up Your Sleeve

Dentistry is getting some novel media coverage, making a change from a diet of dental desert stories and Turkey teeth titillation. Approving reports have been covering the roll out of the first 60 sites in a new programme to introduce blood pressure checks at dentists and optometrists.  

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Oasis Tickets & ORE Exam: Something in Common?

Oasis Tickets & ORE Exam: Something in Common?

The new government has said it will keep much of the former administration‘s Dental Recovery Plan.

Shackling new graduates and mobile units may be less in favour now, but many key parts of the plan remain essential to Wes Streeting‘s ambition to improve NHS dental access.

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Hygiene Poverty – Another Barrier to Oral Health

Hygiene Poverty – Another Barrier to Oral Health

The statistics are familiar. The ones about children being hospitalised for general anaesthetic dental extractions. The millions unable to see a dentist in the last two years. The numbers of desperate people carrying out DIY dentistry. But even fixing the access crisis, a challenge that has defeated a succession of ministers and overwhelmed successive initiatives and recovery plans, will not be enough.

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