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Published: Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:19
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A director for Public Health England (PHE) has said the adding of fluoride to the public water supply is now in the hands of local authorities. Dr Graham Bickler was responding to a question from Hampshire County Council leader Roy Perry about fluoridation plans. PHE said: “No decision has yet been taken and PHE is committed to working constructively with both local authorities.”
Read more: Still no decision on fluoridation in Southampton
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Published: Wednesday, 15 October 2014 07:45
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One of the European Commission's (EC) top scientific bodies, the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR), is calling for public comment on a new report in which it largely downplays concerns about exposure to mercury in dental amalgam while saying that further study is needed. The report was opened for public comment on 9 September 2014, is similar to its 2008 report.
Read more: Further new consultation on amalgam launched in Europe
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Published: Monday, 13 October 2014 08:15
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The man behind a controversial plan for a crematorium in the USA, Jim Bob Humphrey, has presented his case before the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners to remove mercury fillings from teeth before cremation. The crematorium Humphrey is wanting to build would be adjacent to a school and parents are worried about a possible health hazard from the fillings emitting mercury into the air.
Read more: Board to rule whether dental fillings should be removed before cremation
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Published: Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:26
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In their meeting in London on Friday 10th October, the General Dental Practice Committee [GDPC], an autonomous committee of the British Dental Association, voted unanimously in favour of a motion showing no confidence in the General Dental Council [GDC].
Read more: GDPC has no confidence in GDC
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Published: Wednesday, 08 October 2014 19:27
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The BDA has told the GDC – ‘come clean, or we'll seek court order’. Mick Armstrong, Chair of the PEC, said: “From the start the GDC has stubbornly refused to disclose the key information behind its planned fee hike. We’ve sought reasonable clarity but all we have been left with is a growing list of unanswered questions. Well today we couldn’t be clearer - the GDC has to come clean or we will seek a court order.”
Read more: BDA demands clarity from GDC - or else
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Published: Wednesday, 08 October 2014 08:08
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Patient Plan Direct has announced that its Rebate Reward campaign that ran from April to June has helped incentivise many of its client’s front of house staff to promote patients to join their dental plan and benefit from preventative dentistry. Practices that qualified for a reward have received their cheques.
Read more: Reward campaign judged a success
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Published: Tuesday, 07 October 2014 07:24
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The latest goodwill survey from NASDAL for the quarter ending July 31st reflects a buoyant market for the sale and purchase of dental practices, with NHS contracts still a strong selling point. NASDAL member Alan Suggett said that the average goodwill value secured for a practice with an NHS contract was 144% of gross fee income and for a mixed practice it was 116% of turnover.
Read more: Dental practice market still ‘very strong’
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Published: Monday, 06 October 2014 07:31
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The largest dental laboratory in the UK has gone into administration with the loss of 120 jobs according to reports in the local newspaper The Bolton News. Workers at the lab said they were told they were being made redundant before being asked to leave the premises. Leeds-based accountant Mazars has been appointed administrator.
Read more: Acodent laboratory goes into administration
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Published: Monday, 06 October 2014 07:30
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In a case that has parallels with the UK, the US Supreme Court will hear a case on whether non-dentists can carry out tooth whitening. The North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners is challenging a Federal Trade Commission order that said the board is trying to kill off competition from day spas and tanning booths that offer teeth-whitening.
Read more: US Supreme Court to hear tooth whitening case
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