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Published: Wednesday, 03 January 2018 07:43
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A national campaign has been launched by Public Health England to promote healthier snacks and reduce sugar consumption among children. They are consuming three times more sugar than recommended, leading to obesity and dental decay. As part of the campaign dentists are being provided with a free dental toolkit.
Read more: National media campaign launched to reduce snacking by children
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Published: Tuesday, 02 January 2018 08:06
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The BDA has advised dentists in England, Scotland and Wales, that new regulations will come into force on 1 January 2018, which will mean dentists using x-ray generators must register with the Health and Safety Executive. General dental practitioners use x-ray generators, so they will be required to apply in the "register” category (Level 2).
Read more: BDA warns over new radiation regs
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Published: Saturday, 30 December 2017 08:24
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Roger Matthews, formerly of chief dental officer of Denplan, becomes an MBE in the 2018 New Year Honours list. Those also honoured include Professor Jeremy Bagg (OBE) of Glasgow Dental School and three others honourd for work in the field of oral healthcare.
Well known to thousands of dentists, Roger Matthews has long been a proponent and fan of GDPUK. Prior to his work for Denplan, Roger gave dento-legal advice at The Medical Defence Union.
Read more: Roger Matthews and a holocaust survivor honoured in New Year list
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Published: Wednesday, 27 December 2017 08:10
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The Times has reported that dental care pioneer, Stan Brock, wants to bring dental mega-clinics to Britain. Over the past 30 years he has set up hundreds of massive temporary clinics across America, bringing dentists and eye doctors to the country’s poorest people. Now this former cowboy hopes to bring his army of volunteer medics to Britain, a region he believes is in urgent need.
But what would CQC say?
Read more: US charity wants to bring dental mega?clinic to Britain
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Published: Tuesday, 26 December 2017 22:03
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The first dedicated online service in the UK delivering toothbrushes and other oral hygiene products to the doorstep, will be launched by a Welsh start-up company. Online venture Brushbox is the brainchild of Mike Donovan and aims to become the world's leading online brand for personal oral care products.
Read more: New Welsh company delivers toothbrushes to the doorstep
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Published: Thursday, 21 December 2017 19:54
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GDPUK launched its new interactive web based magazine this week. We are proud to announce this to the UK dental community, and new way to transmit the written word in an easy to navigate format.
http://magazine.gdpuk.com/
Read more: GDPUK launches digital magazine
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Published: Wednesday, 20 December 2017 07:39
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Public Health England has confirmed that honoraria will be available to all dental practices who agree to host its fieldwork teams for the 2017/18 Oral Health Survey of Adults attending General Dental Practices. Patients in participating practices attending for an appointment with their dentist will be asked to fill in a questionnaire and have a brief examination of their teeth by a visiting dentist from the survey team.
Read more: Small fee offered for practices helping in survey
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Published: Tuesday, 19 December 2017 07:19
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According to a report in the Mirror dentists in Jeremy Hunt’s constituency are ‘refusing to take new NHS patients’, with three areas in South West Surrey practices being shut to new patients. The BDA blamed years of ‘cuts on the sly’. GDPC chairman Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen told the paper: “The Government is dragging its heels over reform of a system that funds care for half the population.”
Read more: Dental access problems reach Jeremy Hunt’s constituency
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Published: Monday, 18 December 2017 07:45
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Thirteen dentists are being recognised in this year’s round of BDA Honours and Awards, for their outstanding contributions to the profession and to the Association. Amongst them is the first ever winner of the new Joy Harrild Award for Young Dentists. Mick Armstrong, BDA Chair said: “We are delighted to announce these thirteen exemplary individuals as our 2017 honours and awards recipients.”
Read more: BDA honours outstanding dentists for 2017
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