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Published: Saturday, 08 March 2014 21:10
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Dental audits need not be a box-ticking exercise, says UK-wide dental defence organisation MDDUS. Dental adviser Claire Renton reminds dentists that audits offer a genuine opportunity to improve the efficient running of a practice and ease the strain on busy workloads. MDDUS has highlighted five key steps of an audit that can improve the way dentists carry out their day-to-day tasks.
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Published: Friday, 07 March 2014 00:09
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The NHS in England could save at least £4 million annually on hospital admissions for the removal of rotten teeth if water fluoridation were extended to areas with high levels of tooth decay, research published in the latest British Dental Journal (BDJ) suggests. The BDA’s Scientific Adviser, Damien Walmsley, said: “This study is a powerful reminder of how water fluoridation saves the NHS money, and how whole populations can benefit from a huge improvement in their dental health.”
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Published: Thursday, 06 March 2014 07:29
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Dental Protection is celebrating a judicial review victory after a judgement established that a failure to record an examination does not necessarily mean that the examination did not take place. Dental Protection had lobbied for the significant change after a dentist in Powys was accused of making inappropriate claims because no record of an examination had been made.
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Published: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 12:37
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Social media, newsletters and email are all valuable communications tools utilised by the GDC. Before each communication, the GDC gives careful consideration to how best to communicate with key stakeholders. For example the GDC, on occasion will use Facebook to reach out to patients who may have a complaint to make about their dental treatment, they can also be contacted through Twitter.
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Published: Tuesday, 04 March 2014 07:32
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All dentists who are over 50 and work in the NHS are urged by Nick Ledingham, Chairman of NASDAL, to make sure they aren’t inadvertently penalised by changes in the pension rules. His advice to dentists who haven’t yet received a Pensions Saving Statement is to contact NHS Pensions and apply for one.
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Published: Monday, 03 March 2014 08:06
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The uptake rate of preventative dental care increased over a ten-year period in the United States, but there remains a large disparity among ethnic groups, reports one of the largest and most comprehensive studies on the subject, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Public Health.
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Published: Monday, 03 March 2014 08:05
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On 5 February 2014 Michael Flanagan plead guilty at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court to unlawfully practising dentistry at Power Whitening in Nottingham on 10 January 2012. Mr Flanagan was given a conditional discharge, ordered to pay £355 in compensation and a £15 victim surcharge. He was also ordered to pay costs to the GDC of £1000. The Ultimate Guide to The Online Casino World - Online casinos in Australia
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Published: Thursday, 27 February 2014 07:27
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Dental Foundation Training (DFT) places must be found for the 107 UK final-year students and graduates who have applied for, but not yet been allocated, positions this year, the British Dental Association (BDA) is warning. The BDA’s Chair of Ethics, Education and the Dental Team, Judith Husband, has written to the Department of Health reiterating both the loss to the public purse and tragic personal consequences for aspiring young practitioners if places are not found.
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Published: Wednesday, 26 February 2014 07:54
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Dental students who started their degree in 2013-14 face the prospect of staggering levels of debt, in the region of £60,000, a new study suggests. The research carried out by the British Dental Association (BDA) also found that students who sat their final-year exams in 2012-13 had an average debt of £24,734 at the end of their studies.
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