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Published: Tuesday, 15 September 2015 23:57
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Dentsply International and Sirona Dental Systems are to merge, creating the world's largest maker of professional dental products with a value of about $13.3 billion, it was announced by the companies on Tuesday. The merger will involve shares in the companies only, no cash. Sirona shareholders will receive 1.8142 shares of Dentsply for each Sirona share. The combined entity is expected to have revenue of about $3.8 billion and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of more than $900 million. Shares of Dentsply were up 1.4% while Sirona shares rose 1.2% during regular session but both were halted in after-hours trade pending news of the merger.
The new company will be named Dentsply Sirona. This ewas announced on NASDAQ, the exchange where both company shares are traded.
Read more: Dentsply and Sirona to merge
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Published: Tuesday, 15 September 2015 07:42
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Despite provocative reporting and sensational headlines, dental experts in the UK and USA have said there is no evidence that Alzheimer's disease can be spread from person to person by direct contact, or through any dental procedures or dental instruments. The BDA’s Professor Damien Walmsley, said: “Dentists take patient safety very seriously and follow strict protocols to protect patients from the risk of infections, however slight that risk may be.”
Read more: No evidence linking dental treatment to Alzheimers disease
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Published: Tuesday, 15 September 2015 07:41
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Wakefield (West Yorkshire) Council has been advised to consider water fluoridation after research showed 40 per cent of five-year-olds and one in five three-year-olds had decayed teeth. These rates of tooth decay are above average, and the problem is more likely to affect people from deprived backgrounds.
Read more: Wakefield to consider water fluoridation
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Published: Tuesday, 15 September 2015 05:48
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A recent report reveals that children’s tooth decay is a postcard lottery, dental therapists are calling for a health summit to address the crisis. Fiona Sandom, president of the British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) said ‘we now need some joined-up thinking to address the associated health issues – including tooth decay – for which our children and the NHS are paying a heavy price.’
Read more: Therapists call for health summit on child decay
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Published: Monday, 14 September 2015 08:30
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New NHS Dental statistics for England from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) highlight that NHS dentists are carrying out more preventative treatments than ever and continue to work hard to prevent dental disease. It is, however, clear that there is still more that can be done to improve the oral health of children and adults across the country. FGDP(UK) Dean Dr Mick Horton said: “This report highlights the excellent work NHS dentists are doing in preventing dental disease and promoting good oral health.”
Read more: FGDP: NHS dentists doing ‘excellent work’
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Published: Monday, 14 September 2015 08:29
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Figures releases by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (www.hscic.gov.uk) for NHS complaints in 2014-15 show that fewer than 4% of the total were dental. Within primary care only 9% of the 84,500 written complaints received were about dentists. Only 37.5% of complaints in primary care were upheld.
Read more: NHS dentistry receives lowest number of complaints
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Published: Monday, 14 September 2015 08:28
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The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published figures for Dental Earnings and Expenses in 2013/14. They show little change over the past year but massive falls inreal terms net income since 2008/09. In England and Wales the figure for net earnings of contract holders was £115,200 in 2013/14 compared to £145,800 in 2008/09, a 21.0% decrease. For associates there was a 19.6% drop from £75,400 to £60,600.
Read more: New figures show massive falls in dentists’ real-terms earnings
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Published: Thursday, 10 September 2015 07:22
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Ancient Egyptians were likely to lose some of their front teeth before they could become mummies, says a new research debated at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Florence. Taking place after excerebration (brain removal) and evisceration (body organ removal) and before final wrapping, the procedure would force open the mouths of the deceased with a knife and iron chisel, breaking and dislocating teeth in the process.
Read more: Ancient Egyptians forced open mouths during mummification
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Published: Wednesday, 09 September 2015 07:26
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The new Chief Dental Officer (CDO) for England, Sara Hurley, is to join her predecessor, Barry Cockcroft, in a ‘past, present and future’ look at NHS dentistry. The pair will be discussing ‘What now?’ when they address delegates at the annual conference of the British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) in Birmingham on Friday 25 September, the first day of the two-day event.
Read more: New CDO to speak at therapists conference
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