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NHS dental patient charges to rise

Details: Published: Friday, 08 March 2013 08:50; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1711

Health Minister Earl Howe has announced rise in NHS charges in England from April 1, 2013. He said: “Dental charges represent an important contribution to the overall cost of dental services. The exact amount raised will be dependent upon the level and type of primary dental care services commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board and the proportion of charge-paying patients who attend dentists and the level of treatment they require."

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Expenses up, profits down says NASDAL

Details: Published: Thursday, 07 March 2013 13:30; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2193

The annual benchmarking statistics just issued by NASDAL show that dental practices have been contending with a significant increase in costs. In the tax returns of dentists in the year ending March 2012, the total average costs of running a dental practice equated to 67.6% of practice income. As a result, profits are almost back to the levels in the 2004-2005 NASDAL survey.

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Over 240 young dentists attend conference

Details: Published: Wednesday, 06 March 2013 09:29; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1819

The Young Dentist Conference was held at the Royal College of Physicians in London on February 9, 2013. The expert panel of speakers included Ian Dunn Liverpool, Nick Lewis Eastman, Michael Lessani, BDA and John Tiernan, Dental Protection. The Young Dentist Conference 2013 was the eighth outing of this annual event organised by Dental Protection, the BDA and BDJ.

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Child Dental Health Survey to start in autumn

Details: Published: Monday, 04 March 2013 08:28; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1654

The 10-year survey of children’s teeth in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will take place in autumn 2013. Barry Cockcroft, the Chief Dental Officer for England, said, 'Support from dentists is vital to the study, and they hold the key to the success of this survey. It helps measure changes in oral health and provides information to policy-makers on how best to plan dental services in the future.’

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“STOP Illegal Whitening” debates at The Dentistry Show

Details: Published: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:51; Written by Tony Jacobs; Hits: 3474

In response to reports that The Dentistry Show organisers have allowed an illegal whitening company to exhibit at this year’s Show, industry experts will come together to highlight the dangers of non-registered dental practitioners providing tooth whitening.

It was announced last week that a company that is involved in illegal whitening, will be allegedly exhibiting its whitening products and services, despite the fact that it does not employ a dentist or any dental registrants.

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Fizzy drinks should be taxed: BDHF

Details: Published: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:13; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1266

The British Dental Health Foundation has joined more than 60 organisations backing recommendations for a tax on sugary drinks. The report, compiled by Sustain entitled ‘A Children's Future Fund - How food duties could provide the money to protect children's health and the world they grow up in', makes three main recommendations for Budget 2013 it believes would help to improve children's health.

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Extra funding for NHS dentistry announced

Details: Published: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:13; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1358

The Department of Health has announced extra £30 million funding for NHS dentistry. Lord Howe, Health Minister, said: “Since May 2010 more than a million new patients are seeing an NHS dentist. We want to make sure that this progress continues and that dentists give the highest standards of care as well as treating more patients. That’s why we have invested this extra £30 million in funding.”

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Dentistry Show organisers under presssure

Details: Published: Sunday, 24 February 2013 16:06; Written by Tony Jacobs; Hits: 2538

Closer Still Media Ltd, organisers of the Dentistry Show, are under great pressure from the dental profession and legitimate dental companies over their stance in having what appears to be an illegal whitening company exhibit to the profession at the show, this week at NEC, Birmingham.

MegaWhite, who also trade as Dentawhite, are based in Scotland, sharing several addresses, and do not have any dentists or dental registrants as part of their business. Chris Brown of Closer Still said; "We looked into Megawhite and have been reassured that their presence is solely to meet and explain to dental professionals their whitening solutions for in-practice use by registered dental professionals".

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Straumann revenues hit by European downturn

Details: Published: Saturday, 23 February 2013 10:14; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1387

Straumann, the world's largest maker of dental implants, has reported profits last year of CHF 36.4 million against CHF 58 million forecast. North America was the key revenue driver, complemented by double-digit growth in China and Latin America. ‘Unfortunately’, the company said ‘these solid performances were not enough to compensate for sluggish sales in Europe, Japan and the Middle East’.

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