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Published: Tuesday, 03 May 2016 07:43
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Restaurants should routinely offer tap water to families to help fight child obesity, councils have said. Many restaurants only give tap water on request, despite a legal requirement for licensed premises to provide it, and most diners do not ask for tap water, a survey for the Local Government Association (LGA) found. It also found that 13% of parents feel awkward about asking for free water when eating out as alternative to sugary drinks.
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Published: Thursday, 28 April 2016 07:39
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In reply to Parliamentary Questions, health minister Alistair Burt MP has outlined the steps he is taking to improve dental standards amongst primary school age children. Separately he said in reply to Paula Sherriff the Labour MP for Dewsbury that a reformed dental contract could begin to be rolled out nationally from 2018/19 onwards.
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Published: Wednesday, 27 April 2016 07:46
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In answer to a Parliamentary Question the Minister of State, Alistair Burt, has published figures on NHS dental spending. Government expenditure on GDS was £2.03bn last year, with an additional £716m recovered in patients charges. In real terms the total spend (including charges) has decreased from £2,205bn in 2004/06 to £2.045 last year, despite the increase in patient charges.
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Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2016 07:49
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The cost of removing rotting teeth in children and teenagers has soared by 61 per cent in the last five years, leading to fears that youngsters' sugar addiction is spiralling out of control, the Local Government Association (LGA) reports. Latest figures show that hospitals spent £35 million on multiple teeth extraction in under 18s in 2014/15, compared with £21 million in 2010/11. Over the last five years, this amounts to nearly £140 million.
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Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2016 07:47
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An online ‘safe haven’ of trusted clinical information is essential if dentistry is to meet the growing demand for cosmetic dental treatments. That’s according to a cohort of leading dentists who are supporting a new ‘go-to’ website that aims to make it easier for the public to sift the qualified clinicians from the illegal rogue traders who plague an industry now worth £3.6 billion.
Read more: Online ‘safe haven’ will crack down on rogue cosmetic dental traders
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Published: Monday, 25 April 2016 07:47
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Dealing with cavities could one day be as simple as taking a supplement to keep unwanted bacteria in check, according to findings published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, led by Dr Robert Burne, have a new strain of bacteria that could keep ‘bad’ bacteria under control, and pave the way to using probiotics to prevent cavities.
Read more: Take a pill to prevent decay?
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Published: Thursday, 21 April 2016 07:40
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Lloyds Bank has published its Healthcare Confidence Index which gives insight from primary healthcare professionals. It shows that dentists continue to lead the way in terms of optimism, perhaps reflecting the fact that their sector benefits from more non-NHS income. However, there is a continued concern about long-term funding of the NHS dental contract with 81% revealing doubts. With over a third (37%) of dentists now wanting more private work, the Index suggests the trend towards becoming privately funded will continue.
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Published: Wednesday, 20 April 2016 07:31
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The BDA has called on the next Assembly Government to tackle the oral health epidemic in Wales, with calls to cut NHS dental charges and use the proceeds of the new sugar levy invest in preventive care for children in disadvantaged communities. In a five point plan for better oral health launched recently, BDA Wales has outlined how the next government could turn around the nation’s poor history on oral health.
Read more: BDA calls for lower dental charges in Wales
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Published: Tuesday, 19 April 2016 07:42
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After lobbying by Dental Protection, dentists infected with bloodborne viruses to perform more procedures. They are pleased to see Public Health England’s new guidance for healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses, which will enable affected members of the dental team to perform a wider range of non-exposure prone procedures.
Read more: Dentists infected with bloodborne viruses to perform more procedures
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