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Published: Thursday, 22 November 2012 08:05
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has issued advice on obtaining Continuing Professional Development (CPD). It’s now less than a year until nearly 40-thousand Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) will reach the end of their first five year CPD cycle. Of those who have declared what they have done so far 36% have logged more than the minimum hours; 11% have logged no hours. Dental Technicians are currently the least likely to have logged their hours - 22% having not yet declared any.
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Published: Thursday, 22 November 2012 08:01
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A dental practice in Manchester has been named British Dental Association (BDA) Good Practice Scheme Practice of the Year, it was announced this week. Maple Dental Care Ltd, in the Brooklands area of Manchester, won the award following a rigorous selection process, which included a visit to the practice by judges for the Scheme.
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Published: Monday, 19 November 2012 08:33
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Dr Jim Lafferty, a general dental practitioner in Sheffield, has been elected as the inaugural Chair of the British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) new English Council. Dr Nilesh Patel has been elected to serve as Deputy Chair. Dr Patel is a general dental practitioner in Buckinghamshire and a former member of the BDA’s Executive Board.
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Published: Friday, 16 November 2012 10:41
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Dental Protection passed the 50,000 mark at the end of 2007 and less than five years later another 10,000 more people have joined the organisation to bring the total membership to 60,000. This is quite remarkable considering that it took almost 90 years to gather the first 20,000 members. Dental Director Kevin Lewis announced the figures.
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Published: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:31
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Mr Barrington Thorpe has been sentenced to eight months in prison followed by an additional eight months under license for selling a tooth whitening product; and 10 charges for breaches of the Cosmetic Product Regulations 2008 for supplying a tooth whitening product that contained or released excessive levels of hydrogen peroxide.
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Published: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:49
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Dentistry has bucked the trend for increasing complaints about NHS services in England, new statistics suggest. Data released by the NHS Information Centre shows that written complaints for dental services in hospital and community health services, as well as in general dental practice services, have fallen.
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Published: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:48
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A University of Manchester professor has won an international award for her research in dentistry and oral health care. Professor Helen Worthington, from the School of Dentistry, received the 2012 H Trendley Dean Memorial Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) at their session in Brazil.
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Published: Monday, 12 November 2012 12:26
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One out of every two American adults age 30 or older has periodontal disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dental Research. The findings were collected as part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the U.S.
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Published: Monday, 12 November 2012 12:25
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Almost 80 per cent of Irish primary schoolchildren do not wear mouth guards when playing contact sports, putting them at risk of dental injury, new research has found. More than two-thirds of children played between one and three sports, with Gaelic football, soccer and basketball the most popular.
Read more: No mouth guards worn in Ireland
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