Five dentists have received honours in the 2015 New Year list. They are:
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The British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) is asking all dentists to make a New Year’s resolution to view the delivery of dentistry as a team effort. The call comes as a study predicts a sharp hike in demand for dental therapists in the next 10 years. But BADT president, Fiona Sandom, warned that in order for this to work the profession needs dentists to be ‘open minded and embrace the changes within dentistry’ by developing a multi-skilled dental team and delegating tasks to other members.
GDPUK wishes all readers, contributors, supporters, sponsors, and advertisers from both the UK dental world and further afield, a peaceful and relaxing holiday season, and a healthy, safe and prosperous year of 2015 ahead.
GDPUK has had its busiest year ever in 2014 and looks forward to topical discussion and many varied opinions in 2015!
Thank you all for contributing to this and we will all enjoy the coming year.
Dentists on Jersey are saying that rules on the island are making treatment more expensive. Under 1961 legislation, dental work can only be carried out by qualified dentists, unlike the UK, where simple treatments can be carried out by dental hygienists and therapists more cheaply. Health officials said new rules, which would require the island Government’s approval, are in the process of being drafted.
The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published a special themed issue of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) cantered on ‘novel dental biomaterials and technologies’. Although the Associations have published clinical supplements to the JDR, this is the first special themed issue they have issued.
Read more: JDR publishes special issue on new dental materials and technologies
The FGDP(UK) believes that the GDC must review its decision to raise the ARF to its current level given that the judicial review has found the ARF consultation to be unlawful. Dean Trevor Ferguson said: “We have shared the concerns of FGDP(UK) members over the significant rise in the ARF, and we are alarmed to learn that this decision was taken on the basis of an unlawful consultation.”
The General Dental Council (GDC) says it has ‘committed’ to promoting 'the duty of candour' to its registrants, students and dental patients. The GDC's Chief Executive and Registrar, Evlynne Gilvarry, said: “Openness and honesty is vital to ensuring a successful relationship between dental professionals and their patients. GDC guidance already very clearly sets out what's expected of dental professionals, but we will be working to strengthen this through new guidance.”
With the massive interest from the UK dental profession in the outcome of the BDA Judicial Review against GDC, in which the GDC Consultation was declared by Hon Justice Cranston in the High Court as unlawful, GDPUK had a record day of visitors to this dental website.
On an average day, around 4,000 people visit GDPUK, and on Thursday 18th December this rose to 10,200.
News articles published on the site attracted 12,000 readers within 24 hours, too.
The General Dental Council (GDC) has been found to have acted unlawfully in a landmark judgement this morning (18 December). The BDA was awarded costs, and has now called on government to act on inadequate health regulation. PEC chair Mick Armstrong said: “Today a judge singled out a ‘gaping hole’ in the GDC's arguments. The regulator demonstrated it wasn't clear on its own powers and claimed it was facing ‘administrative chaos’. And that utter confusion has allowed it to escape the full weight of the law.”