| A rather bizarre story comes to us from Japan where a dental clinic has started supplying fake crooked teeth to those with more traditional ‘Hollywood smile’. Dental Salon Plaisir says its ‘Stick-on Crooked Teeth’ will impart that desirable ‘imperfect’ look to men and women alike, making them more attractive to the opposite sex.
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No comments| ‘Dentists have been very badly abused by both the way CQC regulation has been applied to them and by the double standard apparent in the way that what we were told was an unalterable timetable in relation to dentistry was very quickly delayed for our medical counterparts’. John Milne, Chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee, |
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Chief Dental Office, Barry Cockcroft, has opened IDH’s new offices in Kearsley, near Manchester. It precedes the opening of a purpose built IDH Training Academy in 2012. A new help desk means that IDH practices can simply call one number for help, advice or support from head office. |
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There was a 4 per cent increase in the number of dental professors and lecturers during 2009-10, to a total of 390, and a 20 per cent increase in the number of clinical teachers to a total of 135. Prof Saunders, Chair of the Dental Schools Council, said the increase in the number was encouraging, but challenges in the current economic climate remained. |
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| NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has published details of the reformed commissioning system and the emerging national board. The purpose of the new NHS Commissioning Board to use ‘the commissioning budget of around £80bn a year to secure the best possible health outcomes for patients and communities.’ The Board will also directly commission NHS dentistry. |
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| Prisoners at Wakefield Prison have been claiming compensation for poor dental care. The 24 inmates settled out of court with the NHS and were given a total of £47,000. They were also awarded more than £300,000 in legal fees. |
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has announced new measures aimed at improving the handling of complaints. It also has plans for introducing revalidation and has issued guidance on discount deals. |
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| A new dental campaign:‘Heart Your Smile’, was recently started in the UK. The campaign aims to improve confidence of dentists in the UK dental profession, and it took place at Showcase in Birmingham. Launching it, dentist James Goolnik, spoke about measures for improving the dental profession. |
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has written to Department of Health to press for the announcement of a timetable for the review of HTM 01-05 promised by the Chief Dental Officer in 2009. The BDA’s call coincides with the publication of new research on time-dependent recontamination rates of sterilised dental instruments in the 22 October issue of the British Dental Journal. |
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Read more: BDA calls for decontamination review timetable to be set
