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Suffolk dentist jailed for fraud

Details: Published: Monday, 15 April 2013 08:07; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1091

A disgraced Suffolk dentist who cheated the NHS out of £78,000 by claiming for 1,700 patients he did not treat, including some who were dead, has been jailed for 18 months. Edmund Jaques, 64, ran a business called Home Dental Care Ltd and travelled to care homes throughout Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire providing dental services for elderly residents who were unable to visit a surgery, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

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Mercury test may overestimate exposure from dental amalgam fillings

Details: Published: Friday, 12 April 2013 07:38; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1171

A common test used to determine mercury exposure from dental amalgam fillings may significantly overestimate the amount of the toxic metal released from fillings, according to University of Michigan researchers. Scientists agree that dental amalgam fillings slowly release mercury vapor into the mouth. But both the amount of mercury released and the question of whether this exposure presents a significant health risk remain controversial.

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Assumptions on UDA clawback must not be made

Details: Published: Thursday, 11 April 2013 08:31; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2794

The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed a ruling by the NHS Litigation Authority that a primary care trust (PCT) must prove the level of inappropriate claims it is alleging a practice has made, rather than making assumptions based on a snapshot of a limited period of time or number of patients. Dr John Milne described the ruling as ‘a victory for common sense.’

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Heraeus sells dental business

Details: Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2013 07:30; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1293

The German precious metals firm Heraeus is selling its dental business as platinum group metals fall out of favour. The business group will be acquired by Mitsui, a listed chemicals group, which says it intends to retain all employees of the business.

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2013 version of HTM01-05 published

Details: Published: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:36; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3681

The 2013 version of HTM01-05 was published by the Department of Health on March 31, 2013. It recognises that the 2009 edition was ‘not helpful’ in the management of frequently used instruments. It also reflects the changes in NHS structure that took place in April 2013.

The full text can be found at: can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/cjghk3x

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Child tooth decay too high, says CDO Wales

Details: Published: Monday, 08 April 2013 07:55; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1443

Dental health experts say tooth decay in Welsh children remains too high despite a decrease in the number of five-year-olds with problems. The survey shows 41% of youngsters experienced dental decay in 2011-12, a decrease of 6% since 2007/08. But chief dental officer David Thomas said dental decay is "still too high".

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Another record month for GDPUK.com

Details: Published: Wednesday, 03 April 2013 13:01; Written by Tony Jacobs; Hits: 1274

GDPUK.com is proud to announce that during March 2013, this website had a further record month of readership and participation. GDPUK has more daily readers than any other UK dental medium.

Over 20,400 unique visitors during March made 74,000 visits in total, and created 2.194m pages on the site, which means about 70,000 pages per day created and read.

There were an average of 2,387 visitors per day through the month, and they created an average of 29.64 pages per visit. The peak day had more than 3,600 unique visitors. There were 4 days when more than 3,000 logged in and a further three days with more than 2,900 separate visitors. Even on Easter Sunday about 2,400 were on the site, creating almost 52,000 pages, whereas Good Friday had 3,063 and 73,000 pages.

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Oklahoma dentist branded a health risk

Details: Published: Tuesday, 02 April 2013 10:26; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1161

The Oklahoma Department of Health is sending letters to patients of Dr Scott Harrington, urging them to have their blood tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Investigators said they found numerous health and safety violations at his practice, including nonsterilized and rusty instruments. The unsanitary practices of the dentist may have exposed thousands of patients to HIVand hepatitis forcing him to close his practices while health officials investigate and test about 7,000 people who had visited him since 2007.

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Direct access decision misguided, says BDA

Details: Published: Monday, 01 April 2013 08:40; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2945

Speaking for the British Dental Association, Dr Judith Husband, Chair Education, Ethics and the Dental Team Committee, has condemned the decision by the GDC to allow direct access to DCPs. She said: “This is a misguided decision that fails to consider best practice in essential continuity of care, patient choice and cost-effectiveness, and weakens team-working in dentistry which is demonstrated to be in patients’ best interests”.

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