The GDC has announced a new alternative evidence policy to support refugee and displaced dental professionals seeking to join the register.
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Successful dental treatment usually requires high levels of patient compliance, but the collapse of one patient dentist relationship, may flag a new challenge for dental teams. As reported in The Mail, the consultation rapidly went downhill, ending with an urgent call for the police to come to the practice.
The BBC seems to be on a roll when it comes to giving a wider airing to dental stories that the profession are familiar with, but which are unknown to the general public. This is despite the BBC‘s own major problems with fictional news.
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Mark Twain may have said that reports of his death were grossly exaggerated, and dental amalgam too seems to have survived long after its predicted demise. Now, after a considerable period of “winding down” the date has been set for an end to the use of dental amalgam.
With the dental access crisis continuing, and many dentists reducing their NHS hours, more of the public are being faced with a choice of private care, or no care. Social media and online platforms have provided a new option for funding dental care with crowdfunding, and its use to cover dental costs is increasing.
Two dental research stories have emerged recently, with one getting a great deal more popular attention than the other. One sounds revolutionary, and the other takes a more evolutionary approach. Time will tell which has the greater impact on oral health.
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The recent announcement by the GDC of a 12.4% rise in the Annual Registration Fee (ARF) has understandably been poorly received by registrants, or at least those aware of the increase. The increase has been applied to both dentists and DCP‘s, and will take their fees to £698 and 108 respectively.
It is easy to see the problems of NHS dental care as a particularly British phenomenon. Those problems include, a system that has been creaking for years, funding issues, a workforce pushed to their limits, and those with the least being the most likely to bear the brunt of these failures.
The march of the robots into dentistry continues. In early 2022 GDPUK reported on a robotic implant assistant being used in Los Angeles, and two years later we reported the first crown preparation on a human subject by a robot. Now, it is time to introduce the robot receptionist.