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Faculty of Dental Surgery calls on schools to go sugar free
The Faculty of Dental Surgery is urging school dinners in England to go sugar free. It hopes this will help combat high tooth decay rates…
Oral health
Government’s green paper and its potential impact on oral health
Michael Watson gives his thoughts on the recent launch of the government’s green paper. It must be unheard of for…
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What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… In memoriam: Anoop…
Dentistry
BDA calls on government to extend NHS pension flexibilities to dentists
The British Dental Association (BDA) is calling on the government to extend greater NHS Pension flexibilities to dentists. Earlier this…
Dentistry
Lack of access to NHS dentists in Wales set to ‘persist for a while’
Welsh health board admits a lack of access to regular dental care will ‘persist for a while yet’. Anglesey’s Assembly Member…
Dentistry
What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Who is left…
Dentistry
Health and Social Care Committee launches inquiry into dental services
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee is launching an inquiry into dental services in England. It is…
Dentistry
Valuing practice and group sales
Seb Evans interviews Christie & Co’s Simon Hughes about the difference between valuing and selling a single practice and group.…
Dentistry
What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dentists in England…
Dentistry
Government consulting on water fluoridation and school toothbrushing scheme
The government has launched a new consultation on proposals to help people liver healthier, happier and longer lives. Titled ‘Advancing…
Dentistry
Is NHS dentistry in meltdown?
Michael Watson explains why the 2.5% pay rise is really only a 0.75% rise, and how more is needed to…
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Fail to learn from history and be doomed to repeat it
Nigel Jones urges dentists to take steps to ensure they don’t face the same challenges many did after the 2006…
Dentistry
Dentists in England to receive an above-inflation 2.5% pay rise
The government will be giving an above-inflation pay rise of 2.5% to dentists, which will be backdated to April. Health Secretary…
Dentistry
Concerns grow in Peterborough over availability of NHS dental appointments
Peterborough councillors voice growing concerns over the shortage of NHS dentists accepting new patients. NHS England can only name two practices currently…
Dentistry
Signposting to nowhere
UK dentists get a very early lesson in the kind of autonomy (or more accurately, the lack of it) that…
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‘Visionary document’ on standards for restorative dentistry published
NHS England is publishing new standards for restorative dentistry, which it hopes will serve as a handbook for dental commissioners. The standards…
Dentistry
What odds would suit you?
Is it time to take the gamble and move away from the NHS, Alun Rees asks. According to sources, Sara…
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HPV vaccine available to boys from September this year
Public Health England (PHE) is extending the HPV vaccine to 12 to 13-year-old boys from September this year. HPV causes…
Oral health
Cornwall patients waiting a year-and-a-half for an NHS dental appointment
NHS dental patients in Cornwall are waiting on average 529 days for an appointment, NHS England figures show. Health officials…
Dentistry