West Yorkshire practice named BDA Good Practice of the Year

West Yorkshire practice named BDA Good Practice of the Year

Honesty Dental Care in Shipley, West Yorkshire, are the 2013 winners of the BDA’s Good Practice Scheme Practice of the Year Award. The Honesty dental team impressed the judges with their outstanding commitment to patient education and their use of new technology to secure long term oral health gains for patients.

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Beautician pleads guilty in tooth whitening case

Beautician pleads guilty in tooth whitening case

A beautician has appeared in court in Preston to plead guilty to unlawfully practising dentistry. Ms Elaine Taylor-Valles is the first person to be successfully prosecuted by the GDC since the High Court upheld the view that tooth whitening is the practice of dentistry and should only be carried out by dentists, dental hygienists and dental therapists, working on the prescription of a dentist.

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You can now download the BDTA Dental Showcase mobile app

You can now download the BDTA Dental Showcase mobile app

The BDTA has launched a new interactive mobile app specially designed to help you plan your day at Dental Showcase. For iPhone and Android phones: visit your iTunes App Store or Google Play on your smartphone and search for “BDTA Dental Showcase”, then simply download.

For all other internet-enabled mobile phones: visit http://customers2.eventgenie.com/bdtadentalshowcase via your phone.

Read more: You can now download the BDTA Dental Showcase mobile app

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BDA Financial Crisis: GDPC votes unanimously for EGM

At the General Dental Practice Committee meeting in London on Friday 4th October a motion was proposed:
 
“The General Dental Practice Committee recommends that an Emergency General Meeting of the BDA’s UK Council is urgently convened, to examine the impact of the new membership structure on the Association.”
 
This was passed UNANIMOUSLY by GDPC.
 
The BDA membership needs to know that there is strong feeling amongst their elected representatives, and this is being resisted by the leadership of the BDA.

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Latest goodwill survey released

Latest goodwill survey released

NHS dental practices continue to attract higher prices than private practices according to the latest goodwill survey results from NASDAL. Carried out quarterly, the most recent survey for the period April to July shows that on average, an NHS practice – defined as a practice with more than 80% of its income from its NHS contract – was 105.2%.

Read more: Latest goodwill survey released

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Hundreds of dentists leave Greece

Hundreds of dentists leave Greece

According to President of Athens Dental Association Athanassios Yfantis, nearly 600 dentists have left the country due to financial crisis affecting their profession. “Dentistry has been significantly damaged by the long-standing crisis. Dental human resources migrating abroad every year is constantly increasing and regards all age groups,” Yfantis said.

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NASDAL warns of CQC hurdle for practice sales

NASDAL warns of CQC hurdle for practice sales

Dental practice sale completions are continuing to be delayed following new NHS England requirements in respect of the CQC as well more stringent lending criteria from the banks, warns Amanda Maskery, of NASDAL. She said the average sale time of a dental practice began to take longer after April 1 this year when NHS England established new criteria for variation of the NHS contract. This affected practices where the buyer and the seller briefly entered into a partnership in order to transfer the contract.

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GDPUK member comes to the rescue

GDPUK member comes to the rescue
Round-Britain walker Christian Nock was relieved of a painful molar last week. He said on his Facebook page: ‘A huge thank you to Andy the Policeman I met in Wick who made a phone call to his friend John who's a dentist in Thurso. John the owner and John the dentist opened up Bridgend dental practice and removed the offending wisdom tooth which was wobbly and extremely painful. I am not joking I almost fainted today!’

The picture shows well known dentist Dr John Barry of Wick with Christian Nock.

Read more: GDPUK member comes to the rescue

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James Darcey wins Young Dental Writer of the Year award

James Darcey wins Young Dental Writer of the Year award

The British Dental Editors Forum (BDEF) has announced that the winner of this year's BDEF/British Dental Trade Association (BDTA) Young Dental Writer of the Year Award is James Darcey. James, a Manchester based dentist was nominated for his article Resorption: part 1. Pathology, classification and aetiology, which was published in the BDJ in May 2013.

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