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Published: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:12
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Across the UK, NHS dentistry is vanishing, there is a cost of living crunch, and there are service stopping gaps in the dental workforce. If that sounds bleak, it may still miss one of the biggest challenges for those planning dental care in the coming years. A recent report from the University of Colorado provides a timely reminder for those in charge of UK dental public health, that demographic changes are not on their side.
Read more: The Grey Avalanche Coming to Dentistry
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Published: Tuesday, 24 October 2023 09:34
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Written by Peter Ingle
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GDPUK has written about the GDC’s project to introduce a new set of standards for registrants. Most recently in GDPUK.com - GDC Working on New Standards for Professionalism we described the first part of one of the series of webinars they are running on the subject.
Read more: New Standards – GDC Panel Looked at Real-Life Example
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Published: Monday, 23 October 2023 17:19
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Ian Brack, Chief Executive and Registrar of the General Dental Council, is to step down. The move will take effect on November 6th.
Read more: GDC's Chief Executive Ian Brack Steps Down
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Published: Monday, 23 October 2023 10:03
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Written by Peter Ingle
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It is easy to assume that with the unique system that is the NHS, a chaotic government, and years of relying on imported professionals to make up its workforce, that UK dentistry would be particularly troubled.
Read more: Portuguese Dentists Protest Against New Dental School
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Published: Friday, 20 October 2023 09:15
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Oscar Wilde’s play, Salome is credited with introducing the idea of a gradual process of unveiling, in this case in a dance. The play has even been proposed as the origin of striptease.
Read more: Questioned on Legal Costs, GDC Carefully Limits Answers
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Published: Thursday, 19 October 2023 10:09
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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An 81 year old grandfather from Harlow took his own life after he had spent years grappling with what Senior Essex Coroner Lincoln Brooks said were the “long term consequences of unsuccessful dental surgery” which had “impacted significantly on his mental health and ability to cope with daily life”.
Read more: Grandfather Took His Own Life After Traumatic Dental Journey
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Published: Tuesday, 17 October 2023 09:32
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Dental professionals have warmly welcomed Labour Party proposals to introduce ‘supervised toothbrushing’ into schools and nurseries in the 20% most deprived areas of the country where tooth decay is at its most prevalent amongst young children.
Read more: BSPD Gives Thumbs Up to Labour's Supervised Toothbrushing Plan
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Published: Monday, 16 October 2023 09:28
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The language may be dull, but the message could be career ending.The GDC along with other medical regulators, has produced a variety of rulebooks over the years. Periodically a new set are introduced, for example the bans on naming practices, and insistence on putting recalls in envelopes, have long been consigned to dental history.
Read more: GDC Working on New Standards for Professionalism
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Published: Thursday, 12 October 2023 11:07
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Written by Peter Ingle
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It was a revealing conversation that started as two attendees guiltily explained the quantities of sugar going onto their cardboard cups of tea. Happening well into the afternoon inside the Dentistry Show London at the Excel centre, it was between the professions future and its past. A nineteen year old student dental nurse attending their first dental show, and a grizzled veteran who long ago lost count of the number of trips made to the NEC and other venues.
Read more: Changes in Dental Exhibitions Reflect the Profession
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