It appeared to have gone quiet in Ipswich at the project led by former CDO, Sara Hurley. Perhaps too quiet, as GDPUK has now heard from very reliable sources that the former Chief Dental Officer will be departing, possibly not out of choice, from the dental school that she was so instrumental in setting up.
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One week before one of the most feverishly anticipated budgets in decades, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has weighed in on private dental fees. If nothing else this either demonstrates that at last the budget is looking good, all the internal tensions about it have been settled, and there is no more work to do on it, or that its preparation has been removed from her hands.
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Another University has set out its ambitions to have a dental school.
The GDC has announced a new alternative evidence policy to support refugee and displaced dental professionals seeking to join the register.
Successful dental treatment usually requires high levels of patient compliance, but the collapse of one patient dentist relationship, may flag a new challenge for dental teams. As reported in The Mail, the consultation rapidly went downhill, ending with an urgent call for the police to come to the practice.
The BBC seems to be on a roll when it comes to giving a wider airing to dental stories that the profession are familiar with, but which are unknown to the general public. This is despite the BBC‘s own major problems with fictional news.
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Mark Twain may have said that reports of his death were grossly exaggerated, and dental amalgam too seems to have survived long after its predicted demise. Now, after a considerable period of “winding down” the date has been set for an end to the use of dental amalgam.
With the dental access crisis continuing, and many dentists reducing their NHS hours, more of the public are being faced with a choice of private care, or no care. Social media and online platforms have provided a new option for funding dental care with crowdfunding, and its use to cover dental costs is increasing.
Two dental research stories have emerged recently, with one getting a great deal more popular attention than the other. One sounds revolutionary, and the other takes a more evolutionary approach. Time will tell which has the greater impact on oral health.
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