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Published: Wednesday, 26 August 2015 07:42
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Data published by NHS England shows that, over the first three months of them taking part in the Friends and Family Test, dental practices consistently had 97% of patients saying they would recommend the service and only 1% saying they would not. More than six out of ten dental practices that submitted details of their patients’ ratings received 100% positive scores.
Read more: Patients overwhelmingly confident in their NHS dentist
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Published: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 07:41
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Approximately 700 dental practices, across 21 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are moving to a new Dental Electronic Referral Service (DERS) in the coming months. NHS England have recently contracted with Vantage Diagnostics Ltd, a UK leading provider of electronic referral management. The first tranche of dentists will be using the new service before the end of the year.
Read more: Kent Surrey and Sussex move to Vantage for referral management
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Published: Monday, 24 August 2015 07:15
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has called on healthcare professionals to help curb the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics. The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) endorses the responsible use of antibiotics, and the ‘right dose at the right time’ approach advocated by the NICE guidelines, but would express caution about any plans to involve the regulator as a method to manage the over-prescribing of antibiotics.
Read more: FGDP cautions against involving regulator in antibiotic prescribing
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Published: Thursday, 20 August 2015 07:45
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Researchers have uncovered evidence of food and potential respiratory irritants entrapped in the dental tartar of 400,000-year-old teeth at Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv, the site of many major discoveries from the late Lower Paleolithic period. The research provides direct evidence of what early Palaeolithic people ate and the quality of the air they breathed inside Qesem Cave.
Read more: 400,000-year-old dental tartar provides earliest evidence of human-made pollution
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Published: Wednesday, 19 August 2015 07:44
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Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham on the 22-24 October, this year’s BDIA Dental Showcase has a particular focus on the sharing of knowledge. Along with around 350 exhibitors providing product demonstrations and presentations, there’s a programme of up to 100 free mini lectures and seminars. Register for free entry and to see the full lecture programme, go to www.dentalshowcase.com
Read more: Learn from the brightest and best in the dental industry says BDIA
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Published: Tuesday, 18 August 2015 07:28
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The BDA says it is dismayed to learn that around 40 per cent of local councils have dropped their free stop-smoking services when incidences of mouth cancers are soaring. The chair of the BDA’s Health and Science Committee, Russ Ladwa, said: “Investing in stop-smoking services ought to be a mandatory rather than an optional service given the high prevalence of oral cancers and their poor mortality rates.”
Read more: Prof Lamey erasure quashed by High Court
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Published: Monday, 17 August 2015 07:58
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It's safe for pregnant women to undergo dental treatment with local anesthetics, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). “Our study identified no evidence to show that dental treatment with local anesthetics [LA] is harmful during pregnancy, and yet so many pregnant women avoid going to the dentist,” said study author Aharon Hagai. “We aimed to determine if there was a significant risk associated with dental treatment with anesthesia and pregnancy outcomes. We did not find any such risk.”
Read more: Dental treatment during pregnancy is safe says ADA
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Published: Thursday, 13 August 2015 07:57
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The rebranding of the dental corporate Integrated Dental Holdings as {my}dentist has now been officially announced, although the change has been widely broadcast for some months. Already 204 practices throughout the UK have undergone a major upgrade as part of the new branding. Another 500 practices are set to be upgraded and branded this year. The new {my}dentist website is accessible at www.mydentist.co.uk
Read more: IDH rebranded as {my}dentist
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Published: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 07:40
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has responded to the damning report by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) by denying that the problem lies with them. Chief Executive Evlynne Gilvarry, said: “The GDC has been campaigning for legislative change to improve the effectiveness of regulation of dental professionals for a number of years. We hope that ministers will take the time to consider the PSA’s warnings and act accordingly”.
Read more: We are not at fault says GDC
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