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Published: Monday, 28 January 2019 07:39
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Fourteen dentists have been honoured in the annual round of BDA Honours and Awards for their outstanding achievements, and their commitment to the BDA and the dental profession as a whole. Acting BDA Chief Executive Martin Woodrow said: “We are delighted to announce these fourteen honours and awards recipients. Congratulations to everyone.”
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Published: Monday, 28 January 2019 07:39
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The Oral Health Foundation has announced that it has given direct support to 400,000 people through its Dental Helpline. For more than two decades, the Dental Helpline has provided invaluable support for those looking to seek advice, help and reassurance about their oral health and wellbeing. Many of the people who reach out to the charity’s free-advice service are anxious, confused and not sure where to turn.
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Published: Friday, 25 January 2019 08:02
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NASDAL (The National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) has published its latest practice goodwill statistics. The quarter saw a reduction in the average goodwill values of all types of practice. There is also an ever increasing Private Equity interest in acquiring larger practices, or small groups.
Read more: Reduction in practice goodwill values – a trend or a blip?
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Published: Thursday, 24 January 2019 07:38
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Pregnant women with gum disease are significantly more likely to go into early labour, according to the findings of a new study. Research discovered that women who entered labour early were one and a half times more likely (45%) to have gum disease than women who experienced a perfect pregnancy (29%).
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Published: Wednesday, 23 January 2019 07:42
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The BDA has called on the Government to recognise the workforce crisis in dentistry with Brexit looming, as new evidence from GDC suggests up to a third of the UK’s 6,300 European qualified dental registrants intend to leave UK dentistry. BDA’s Mick Armstrong said: “Government needs to wake up, and smell the coffee. NHS dentistry can’t be run without dentists.”
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Published: Tuesday, 22 January 2019 07:46
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The American Dental Association (ADA) has applauded USA Congress for passing the Action for Dental Health Act. For years, dentists have worked to improve access to oral health care for underserved Americans and have championed this patient-benefiting legislation. “This is a tremendous victory for dentistry and patients everywhere,” said Jeffrey M. Cole, ADA president.
Read more: New law seeks to improve access to dental care in USA
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Published: Monday, 21 January 2019 07:36
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Professor Paul Coulthard has started his role as Dean for Dentistry and Director of the Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. He joins Queen Mary from the University of Manchester where he was Dean of the Manchester Dental School for five years.
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Published: Monday, 21 January 2019 07:34
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The British Dental Journal has published a large-scale study showing that almost half of dentists say stress in their job is exceeding their ability to cope and the most stressful aspects of their work are related to regulation and fear of litigation from patients.
Read more: BDJ: More than half of dentists say stress is affecting their practice
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