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Published: Friday, 23 December 2016 20:32
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A Judicial Review brought by Dental Protection has found that the General Dental Council (GDC) was wrong to deny a dental practitioner the right of review after receiving an unpublished warning. Raj Rattan, Dental Director of Dental Protection said: “Our success in challenging the way in which the GDC interprets its own rules will be beneficial not just to our members, but to the wider profession.”
Read more: Dental Protection wins Judicial Review against GDC
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Published: Thursday, 22 December 2016 07:46
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Investigators at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, report they have new evidence that a bacterium known to cause chronic inflammatory periodontal infections also triggers the inflammatory autoimmune response characteristic of chronic, joint-destroying rheumatoid arthritis. The new findings have important implications for prevention and treatment of this condition, say the researchers.
Read more: Link found between periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis
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Published: Wednesday, 21 December 2016 07:41
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The BMA has issued guidance to inform GPs of their obligations to patients either requesting emergency dental treatment or asking for an NHS prescription for drugs recommended by private or NHS dentists. GPs and practice teams should make themselves aware of in hours and out-of-hours dental services available locally to manage urgent and emergency dental conditions, it says.
Read more: BMA advises GPs on dental problems
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Published: Tuesday, 20 December 2016 07:36
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After a year of inspections, CQC has found that most dental practices are safe. Their judgements following inspections showed that the vast majority spread across CQC’s four regions in England are meeting the five key questions and providing safe, effective, caring, and responsive care and are well-led.
Read more: CQC’s new approach to dental regulation shows positive findings
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Published: Monday, 19 December 2016 07:41
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NHS England has agreed that the two month rule will be not applicable across all contracts for financial year 2016/2017 only. Following pressure from the BDA they have recognised that this is necessary because of ‘delays in attaching existing dental performers to dental contracts.’ The performance of Capita has also been raised in the House of Commons.
Read more: NHS England relents over two month rule
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Published: Friday, 16 December 2016 22:53
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Tony Kilcoyne has been elected as a UK-wide member of the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee. Others elected were East Midlands and Central - Alison Lockyer, Greater London - Russ Ladwa, South East - Victor Chan and Scotland - Derek Harper.
Read more: Tony Kilcoyne elected to BDA PEC
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Published: Thursday, 15 December 2016 07:41
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The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) is supporting Mouth Cancer Action Month by highlighting the critical role of dentists in detecting mouth cancers. The FGDP(UK) says general dental practitioners are uniquely placed to check for signs of oral cancer during the routine examination, and to make referrals where they suspect a patient may have cancer or a pre-cancerous lesion.
Read more: FGDP(UK) says dentists are best-placed to detect mouth cancer
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Published: Wednesday, 14 December 2016 07:47
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Only 12% of older Americans have some form of dental insurance and fewer than half visited a dentist in the previous year, suggests new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research on Medicare beneficiaries. The findings, published in the December issue of the journal Health Affairs, suggest an enormous unmet need for dental insurance among those 65 and older in the United States.
Read more: Few older Americans have dental insurance
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Published: Tuesday, 13 December 2016 07:45
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The Website PoliticsHome reports that the soft drinks industry has increased its lobbying of the Government as it tries to get the sugar tax watered down. Soft drinks lobbyists have been holding drinks receptions and have increased the number of supportive adverts on political websites.
Read more: Soft drinks industry lobbies against sugar tax
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