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Pension Changes: What A Difference A Week Makes

Details: Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:10; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 2055

In the competition for a dentist’s attention, pension provision is up against the kaleidoscope of day-to-day practice, maintaining clinical and ethical knowledge, keeping on the right side of regulators, and paying this month’s bills. The complexity of the NHS pension schemes and the intricacies of private pension plans, do not make them any easier to grasp.

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New Research Shows Link Between Vaping and Caries Risk

Details: Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 07:40; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 1655

Discussions about the safety of vaping remain open to the question of what users would be doing, if they did not have the option to vape.

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No Will, No Way - Analysing NHS Contract Changes

Details: Published: Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:38; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 1768

The recent Practice Plan Webinar looking at the latest NHS England (NHSE) dental contract changes did not make easy viewing for those practices hoping to continue delivering NHS dentistry.

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GDC Alters FTP Aiming To Reach Conclusions Sooner

Details: Published: Monday, 28 November 2022 08:06; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 2015

Recent changes to the Fitness to Practice (FTP) process have now been put into operation by the GDC.

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Worker Status. Storm In A Tea Cup Or The End For Associates?

Details: Published: Friday, 25 November 2022 08:23; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 3571

It is not just dentists who struggle to agree on a single treatment plan for the same patient. Recent developments, and a well-publicised case regarding worker status of dental associates, has produced a wide variety of opinions.

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GDP Loses Battle To Discover The Facts, As GDC Appears To Be Losing Battle To Convince The Dental Profession It’s ‘Transparent’

Details: Published: Thursday, 24 November 2022 07:27; Written by Chris Tapper; Hits: 4103

A GDP’s 18-month-long fight to uncover the facts surrounding a controversial decision made by the General Dental Council during the early stages of the pandemic, has finally been ended by a judge.

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Controversial Fluoride Study Published

Details: Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2022 07:39; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 2097

The search for this year’s best dental acronym may be over with the publication of the CATFISH study.

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“It’s a family affair.” The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Conference

Details: Published: Monday, 21 November 2022 08:15; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 1291

The 18^th British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) annual conference was held in Newport this year. It took the title “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.”

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TikTok Craze Dentist Reported To GDC

Details: Published: Friday, 18 November 2022 09:39; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 3897

Some GDPUK readers may have felt rather old as they read a recent Times story about a GDC hearing involving an orthodontist. It turns out that the controversial orthodontist in the news now, is the son of the controversial orthodontist that they remember.

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