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How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 7 January 2023
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Children’s oral health in England…
Dentistry
‘Words will be nothing without actions’ – GDC hosts Dental Leadership Network
Tamara Milanovic attended the General Dental Council’s Dental Leadership Network event to find out what leaders in the profession think…
Dentistry
GDC reforms – the proof of the pudding
John Makin, head of the Dental Defence Union (DDU) on whether 2023 will be the year that regulatory processes become…
Dentistry
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Dentistry’s 2022 round up
NHS contract changes, investigations into the state of NHS dentistry, three Prime Ministers – 2022 saw a lot of change…
Dentistry
Calling all dentists and dental technicians – complete your CPD before the 31st!
With just days left for dentists and dental technicians to complete their CPD cycle, why not use Dentistry CPD to…
Dentistry
Dentist struck off after secretly filming people on the toilet
After setting up camera in staff bathrooms to film his colleagues on the toilet, a dentist has been suspended from…
Dentistry
Dental therapist struggling ‘to keep food on the table’ due to GDC delays
‘It’s been soul destroying’: After missing the GDC registration deadline, a dental therapist has been forced to claim benefits and…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 10 December 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… New parliamentary inquiry could save…
Dentistry
‘The biggest problem at the moment is the registration of dental nurses’
Last week, it emerged that the government is in the process of improving the efficiency of international GDC registration. Following…
Dental Nursing
Changes to overseas registration – reaction from the profession
The dental profession reacts to the consultation outcomes on proposed changes to international GDC registration. The government is in the…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 3 December 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Overseas registration in dentistry to…
Dentistry
Fitness to practise investigations have ‘significant’ negative impact on mental health, says GDC report
A new GDC-commissioned report into fitness to practise investigations found they had a ‘significant negative impact’ on individuals – despite…
Dentistry
Overseas registration in dentistry to be made easier
Following a public consultation, the government is in the process of improving the efficiency of international GDC registration. The government…
Dentistry
Dentistry CPD 2023 – keep up to date with your recommended topics
A whole host of articles have been uploaded to Dentistry CPD – covering all the General Dental Council (GDC) recommended…
Dentistry
Dentist offered colleagues a pay rise in exchange for oral sex, tribunal hears
A dentist has been struck off after asking colleagues if they use sex toys and offering a pay rise in…
Dentistry
The Secret Dentist – the damaging NHS contract and ‘detached’ GDC
The Secret Dentist has not held back – this month they discuss how damaging the attitude of the GDC and…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 19 November 2022
Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… GDC unable to disclose number of…
Dentistry
Kevin Lewis – fourteen wrongs don’t make a right
Don’t believe everything you hear via social media, chatrooms and the professional grapevine, warns Kevin Lewis. Just because the GDC…
Dentistry
Tiktok orthodontist advised ‘harmful’ treatment to young patients, tribunal told
An orthodontist whose jaw-shaping methods have gone viral advised treatment to children that ‘carried a risk of harm’, according to…
Orthodontics