Leaders of dentists working in salaried primary care, hospitals and academia have echoed the disappointment already expressed by colleagues in general practice at the pay award announced for 2010/11. Salaried primary care dentists in England will be given just a one per cent pay increase for next year…

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The British Dental Association (BDA) has reaffirmed its support for the piloting of the reforms in Professor Steele’s review of dentistry, following today’s announcement that at least 30 dental practices have been selected to trial new ways of improving services for patients…

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Children with a cleft lip or cleft palate are more likely to receive recommended age-appropriate health care when that care is provided by an interdisciplinary team rather than an individual provider. In a study encompassing three states, Arkansas, Iowa and New York, 24% of participants were not receiving team care…

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Dr Robert Kinloch, Chair of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee, has branded the announcement of a 0.9 per cent increase to item of service fees for independent contractor dentists in Scotland as a major disappointment that fails to recognise the significant challenges dentists are trying to overcome. The Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body recommended [...] Read more »

Dental patient charges in Wales have been frozen for the fourth year running to help maintain wider access to NHS dentistry, Health Minister Edwina Hart announced today [Thursday, 11 March]…

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The British Dental Association (BDA) has expressed disappointment at today’s announcement of the pay uplift for dentists for 2010/11. The Department of Health has announced that salaried dentists have been awarded a one per cent increase, while general dental practitioners have been awarded an increase that, after efficiency savings have been taken account of, is [...] Read more »

The British Dental Association (BDA) has written to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) to request the development of a guideline on dental instrument decontamination…

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The confidence of general dental practitioners will be undermined by today’s announcement of a 0.9 per cent uplift on contract values and a requirement to make efficiency savings in order to offset increases in expenses. That’s the verdict of Dr John Milne, Chair of the British Dental Association’s General Dental Practice Committee, on what is [...] Read more »

The confidence of general dental practitioners will be undermined by today’s announcement of a 0.9 per cent uplift on contract values and a requirement to make efficiency savings in order to offset increases in expenses. That’s the verdict of Dr John Milne, Chair of the British Dental Association’s General Dental Practice Committee, on what is [...] Read more »

New York University College of Dentistry’s Dr. Timothy Bromage has been selected to receive the 2010 Max Planck Research Award. Dr. Bromage will collaborate with Dr…

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