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Oasis the dental corporate is reported to be trying to raise £250m-plus in order to expand. The company runs 205 dental practices, but believes that it can double this number. However, Duke Street Capital, the private equity majority owner of Oasis, needs to raise a fresh injection of funding — either by attracting a new investor, or selling the company.
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A UN meeting at the end of the month in Uruguay will consider a legally binding agreement which would curb the use of dental amalgam world-wide. If agreed it could be ratified next year. Separately the UK Government led by the Department of the Environment, not Health, has been discussing how the rest of Europe could come in line with those, mainly Scandinavian, countries which have imposed severe restrictions on the use of the material. |
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Read more: UN seeks to ban amalgam worldwide – GDPUK Exclusive
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There was a party atmosphere at the Heart Your Smile stand during the 2012 BDA conference, as the team celebrated the launch of official website www.heartyoursmile.co.uk The website is bursting with articles, a blog, photographs and videos, and practitioners are invited to share their stories and charitable events. Delegates ate cake and Jammie Dodgers while they discovered how the campaign is working to encourage people to go to their dentist. |
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The Office of Fair Trading report calls for greater patient choice and competition in the dentistry market. Its recommendations include provision of clear, accurate and timely information for patients, direct patient access to dental care professionals, redesign the NHS dental contract to facilitate easier entry into the market, simplification of the complaints process and a code of practice covering the sale of dental payment plans. |
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Read more: OFT calls for more choice and competition in dentistry
The Office of Fair Trading report says that evidence gathered from its market study suggests that dental patients are largely satisfied with the services provided by their dentist. This useful fact appears in the executive summary, but not in the press release.
The latter majors on findings that patients have insufficient information to make informed decisions about their choice of dentist and the dental treatments they receive. Alongside they produce a headline grabbing statistic that each year around 500,000 patients may be provided with inaccurate information by dentists regarding their entitlement to receive particular dental treatments on the NHS, and as a result they may pay more to receive private dental treatment.
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CQC Inspectors found ADP Dental Company Bridgwater failed to comply with six essential standards. Ian Biggs, deputy director of CQC in the South said: “It is clear that ADP Dental Company Bridgwater has failed to ensure that its staff are properly trained to meet the standards required by law. That is a particular concern in a practice which treats so many vulnerable people and relies so heavily on agency staff. |
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has announced the results of the recent elections to its Principal Executive Committee (PEC). Several of those who were on the old Executive Board have returned. In five constituencies the candidate was returned unopposed. A bye-election will take place in the England, North West constituency as no one stood for election there. |
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Almost all Swedes brush their teeth, yet only one in ten does it in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay. Now researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, are eager to teach Swedes how to brush their teeth more effectively. Most Swedes regularly brush their teeth with fluoride toothpaste. But only few know the best brushing technique, how the toothpaste should be used and how fluoride prevents tooth decay. |
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With the European Council having recently published the European Cosmetics Directive, the future of dental whitening is beginning to look marginally brighter according to the British Dental Bleaching Society. The new directive will allow dentists to supply patients with products containing up to 6% hydrogen peroxide, a significant leap from the current UK limit of 0.1%. |
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