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Dentists have been advised not to re use instruments for root canal work because there is a chance patients could be infected with variant CJD The recommendation based on guidance from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee in relation to the use of.. read more. Posted on : Sun 22nd - Apr - 2007
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The General Dental Council has closed the specialist list in Surgical Dentistry and transferred those dentists to a reconfigured Oral Surgery list The move brings UK arrangements for oral surgery in line with other countries in Europe and elsewhere and will .. read more. Posted on : Sun 22nd - Apr - 2007
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The British Dental Health Foundation is urging smokers to give up the habit to save their family s teeth The UK dental charity was speaking after a study published in the Journal of Periodontology found that breathing in other people s smoke makes tooth lo.. read more. Posted on : Tue 17th - Apr - 2007
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A special workshop on the General Dental Council s revalidation plans will be held at this year s British Dental Association Annual Conference Revalidation will mean that dental professionals have to regularly show that they are still fit to be registered and.. read more. Posted on : Sun 15th - Apr - 2007
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Dental professionals are signing up in large numbers to attend the sixth World Aesthetic Congress WAC the UK s premier event for dentists involved in restorative aesthetic and cosmetic treatment Building on the huge success of last year the 2007 event has.. read more. Posted on : Sun 15th - Apr - 2007
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A dentist was left lucky to be alive after a woman crashed her car into a dental clinic in Australia The car smashed through the waiting room and into the surgery causing the dentist s chair to fly three metres through the air Dentist Jim Peters was scheduled.. read more. Posted on : Wed 11th - Apr - 2007
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Dental professionals can now take part in the National Dental Survey 2007 after the organisers launched a new category to look at the views of the industry The National Dental Survey conducted every year for National Smile Month by the British Dental Health F.. read more. Posted on : Wed 11th - Apr - 2007
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The General Dental Council has appointed two legal firms Capsticks and Mills Reeve to help it carry out its work in investigating concerns about dental professionals The GDC can take action where there are concerns that a dental professional s ability be.. read more. Posted on : Wed 11th - Apr - 2007
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A dentist has been suspended for three months after he filled a schoolgirl s teeth without removing the decay Abayomi Ojetunde failed take X rays or check the 16 year old s dental history before carrying out the treatment at the Arkh View Dental Centre in West.. read more. Posted on : Wed 11th - Apr - 2007
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A dentist who urinated in a surgical sink and used dental instruments to clean his fingernails and ears has been erased from the register Alan Hutchinson 51 was found guilty of acting in an inappropriate and unprofessional way following a General Dental Coun.. read more. Posted on : Mon 9th - Apr - 2007
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The chief executive of the British Dental Association and the chairman of the General Dental Practitioners Committee were among those discussing the future of advice given to NHS dentists at a recent conference in London Peter Ward and Lester Ellman addressed.. read more. Posted on : Mon 9th - Apr - 2007
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NHS staff are less stressed and suffer fewer work related injuries according to the results of an annual Healthcare Commission survey More than 128 000 staff in 326 trusts gave their views of working for the NHS in England last October with a response rate o.. read more. Posted on : Mon 9th - Apr - 2007
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A stimulating new discussion forum has just been launched for the registered users of this website If you are frustrated by the fallout of the new contract one year on struggling to meet your UDA quota or perhaps considering a move to the private sector now.. read more. Posted on : Wed 4th - Apr - 2007
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The British Dental Association and pressure group Challenge have both stepped up their demands for an overhaul of the government s NHS dentistry reforms As previously reported calls for Units of Dental Activity UDAs to be scrapped were made at a major confe.. read more. Posted on : Wed 4th - Apr - 2007
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On the first anniversary of nGDS Kevin Lewis explains how some people now need to look at things from a different perspective Does my contract value look big in this As the majority of general practitioners collapse over the line into Year Two of nGDS they f.. read more. Posted on : Wed 4th - Apr - 2007
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An NHS dentist took her own life after succumbing to the pressures of her spiralling workload an inquest has heard Ingrid Gill 46 felt let down after being forced to resign after suffering with ill health She had become distressed at being the only NHS den.. read more. Posted on : Wed 4th - Apr - 2007
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Should dentists have the right to decide whether to carry out the controversial procedure of tooth bleaching Have your say in this online poll Tooth bleaching as a cosmetic dental treatment is in massive demand throughout the UK despite the illegality of any.. read more. Posted on : Mon 2nd - Apr - 2007
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The British Dental Association has hit out at the government s reliance on Units of Dental Activity as the only means of measuring performance under the new contract It is calling for an urgent reform of the system branding it crude and counterproductive .. read more. Posted on : Sun 1st - Apr - 2007
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The General Dental Council is seeking an opportunity for early legislation to put in place a new look smaller fully appointed Council with an increased lay membership This decision was made at a specially convened meeting where it was also agreed that a futu.. read more. Posted on : Sun 1st - Apr - 2007
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John Chope considers the difficult task of defining professional indemnity and explains how the GDC is clarifying its guidance on the subject Are you covered Most of us think we know what is meant by professional indemnity that is we would recognise it if w.. read more. Posted on : Sun 1st - Apr - 2007
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The number of people seen by an NHS dentist in England has dropped since the introduction of the new contract latest figures have revealed The statistics from the Information Centre for Health and Social Care show 69 000 fewer people visited a dentist in the .. read more. Posted on : Sun 1st - Apr - 2007
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Practice MOTI have just had my car MOT tested I know its de rigour having a car that actually needs a test but that s the way it is I have known for some months now that I had a cracked sidelight lens which needed changing but it was not until a couple of.. read more. Posted on : Sun 1st - Apr - 2007
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Philips Oral Healthcare has developed an exciting sticker design competition to support the upcoming National Smile Month campaign Dental practices will be eligible to receive a design kit for their waiting rooms in the build up to the event which launches on.. read more. Posted on : Sun 1st - Apr - 2007
