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Published: Wednesday, 07 September 2016 07:40
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The Government’s child obesity strategy, including oral health, has been put on ice after delays of almost a year. However Health Committee chair, Sarah Wollaston MP says she hopes to use her Committee’s influence to strengthen before it is published in the autumn.
Read more: Obesity strategy delayed but Wollaston hopes for improvements
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Published: Wednesday, 07 September 2016 07:40
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Professor Liz Kay has been appointed as a specialist committee member on the oral health promotion in care homes and hospitals Quality Standards Advisory Committee at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Liz said: ‘This is a huge honour and a great opportunity to help form improvements to oral health promotion in health care environments where there is need.’
Read more: Liz Kay to help improve oral health in care homes
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Published: Tuesday, 06 September 2016 07:40
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The Times reports that hundreds of thousands of GP appointments are being taken by patients with toothache as they try to avoid rising fees for NHS dentists. The article, co-written by health editor Chris Smyth and GDP, Neel Kothari, says that data from a study of 280,000 GP consultations over ‘tooth problems’ was used to estimate that 600,000 appointments a year are made by patients seeking dental care, costing the NHS more than £26 million a year.
Read more: Patients going to GP with toothache cost NHS £26 million
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Published: Monday, 05 September 2016 07:57
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An NHS dental service turned away 25-stone chef suffering unbearable toothache because he was too fat, according to a newspaper report. Andrew Keitley, 55, was told by staff members at St David's Hospital in Cardiff that the dental chair would not be able to hold his weight. He had disclosed his weight on a registration form at the practice.
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Published: Monday, 05 September 2016 07:54
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It could only happen in America. An Ohio man accidentally shot himself during a dentist’s appointment. James White, 72, was under nitrous oxide sedation at when he thought he heard his phone ring, went to grab it, but accidentally grabbed his pistol and fired the weapon. A bullet went through his hand and grazed his stomach.
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Published: Thursday, 01 September 2016 07:33
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The waiting list to see an NHS dentist in Exeter has increased by nearly five times in a year, a local paper reports. Bradford MP, Judith Cummins, asked Ministers to increase the number of NHS dentists practising in her constituency and other areas with significantly above average incidences of oral and dental health problems
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Published: Wednesday, 31 August 2016 07:49
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A report in the GP magazine Pulse says that the UK’s three medical defence organisations have raised salaries and benefits for their top executives by hundreds of thousands of pounds in the past three years amid spiralling medical and dental indemnity fees with some top earners having salaries ‘reach close to £1 million’ last year.
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Published: Wednesday, 31 August 2016 07:39
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Dentist Priya Soneji of Hemel Hempstead is the winner of its latest ‘Spot the Fake’ competition featured on the BDIA stand at the BDA Dental Conference and Exhibition 2016. Priya, commented, “I was delighted when I was told I had won the competition. It is so important that, as dentists, we can spot fake equipment and make our purchases from trusted suppliers”.
Read more: Dentist Priya wins ‘Spot the Fake’ challenge
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Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2016 07:50
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A guide for parents to help them care for their children’s teeth has been launched by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD). Covering all aspects of oral healthcare for children from birth to 16, the guide is designed to correct some of the damaging myths about teeth and help parents get their child’s dental health off to the best possible start. See: http://bspd.co.uk/Resources
Read more: New guide to help parents give their children healthy teeth for life
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