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13h ago
A new oral health survey has revealed that ‘wide variation’ in the prevalence of decay in five-year-old schoolchildren across England remains. Five-year-olds in the most deprived areas of the country were more than twice as likely to have experienced decay (32.2%) compared to those in the least deprived areas (13.6%). In addition, the survey found ..read more
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17h ago
Neil Carmichael explains how the government’s devolution plans to decentralise power will impact the dental profession. In December 2024 Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister announced plans for a ‘devolution revolution’ in England. The premise from the government is to give more control to local areas and decentralise power in order to kick start the ..read more
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17h ago
Rapper Professor Green has teamed up with the NHS to launch a competition for primary schools to encourage healthy toothbrushing habits. The ‘Read all about it’ rapper told the BBC he only realised the negative physical and mental health impacts of neglecting oral health later in life. He said he now took his own son’s ..read more
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17h ago
A company in Northern Ireland was forced to pay sick leave to an employee while she travelled for and recovered from a ‘Turkey teeth’ procedure. The term ‘Turkey teeth’ is generally used to refer to dental tourism whereby patients travel abroad for cheaper cosmetic procedures such as veneer application. In 2023, the Turkish Dental Association ..read more
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21h ago
As we step into 2025, many dental practices are looking for ways to set themselves up for success in the year ahead. Have you thought about switching to the cloud? While Software of Excellence remains committed to providing exceptional practice management solutions, the cloud-based software Dentally, offers an innovative and efficient way to take your ..read more
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1d ago
‘A make or break moment for NHS dentistry’: Shiv Pabary has been elected the new chair of the British Dental Associations’s General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC). Elected on Friday 7 February, the new GDPC team also includes vice-chairs Joe Hendron and Vijay Sudra, and the executive committee is made up of Charlie Daniels, Mark Green, Don McGrath ..read more
Dentistry.co.uk
2d ago
Scientists have successfully grown human-like replacement teeth in a lab setting and implanted them into the mouths of miniature pigs. Human and porcine tooth cells were combined and grown into tooth-like structures inside samples of pig tooth. This approach was taken because pigs grow many sets of teeth throughout their lifetime. Once mostly grown, the ..read more
Dentistry.co.uk
2d ago
As financial pressures grow, Neel Kothari warns that neither NHS nor private dentistry is immune to rising costs and reduced patient spending. For as long as I can remember, the perception of dentistry has always been one of wealth and prosperity. For many years, we’ve been fortunate to see good demand for NHS and private ..read more
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2d ago
Donna Hall speaks to Jane Mead about her experience of converting multiple NHS practices to private practice with Practice Plan. In one of Practice Plan’s most recent podcasts, regional support manager Donna Hall is joined by Jane Mead, finance director at Elegant Smiles. Jane shares her journey of transitioning multiple NHS practices to a single ..read more
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2d ago
With 20 years’ experience within the healthcare acquisitions sector, Alison Bates from Henry Schein Dental Practice Sales shares her thoughts on the rising costs facing dental practice owners. With the planned increase to national living wage and employers’ national insurance coming in the new financial year, we’re finding that many principal dentists are concerned about ..read more