Category Archives: Dentistry

TGBSL* #8 – Vitamin D Linked To A 50% Reduction In The Incidence Of Dental Caries

Vitamin D Linked To A 50 Percent Reduction In The Incidence Of Dental Caries From MNT A new review of existing studies points toward a potential role for vitamin D in helping to prevent dental caries, or tooth decay. The review, published in the December issue of Nutrition Reviews, encompassed 24 controlled clinical trials, spanningContinue reading “TGBSL* #8 – Vitamin D Linked To A 50% Reduction In The Incidence Of Dental Caries”

The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #7 – Tooth Tattoo to detect gum disease.

From Dentistry online 28th Nov 2012 US scientists have created a tooth tattoo that they hope will one day detect gum disease by measuring the bacteria in the mouth The research team, led by Princeton nanoscientist Michael McAlpine and Tufts bioengineers Fiorenzo Omenetto, David Kaplan and Hu Tao, has created a tooth tattoo made ofContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #7 – Tooth Tattoo to detect gum disease.”

Whose cash is it anyway?

A guest blog posting from Susan. There have many articles doing the rounds recently encouraging dentists in the art of selling treatment plans to patients.  In fact, Alun has an excellent talk ‘Selling Without the S Word’ that has enabled many practitioners to successfully increase the up take of their treatment plans. A topic thatContinue reading “Whose cash is it anyway?”

Secondary care burden

Here’s a letter from the current BDJ regarding the rise in hospital admissions for the treatment of dental abscesses. Could it be any coincidence that the “new” dental contract started on April 1st 2006? Step forward the honoured CDO who has just been given the confidence of a grateful government. Letter British Dental Journal 213,Continue reading “Secondary care burden”

Mission Statements and more

I ask my clients as individuals and businesses to devise their own mission statements. This is a worthwhile exercise to help them get clear exactly what it is they are trying to achieve. In addition I get them to devise clear statements; not only “what you expect from us” but also “what we expect fromContinue reading “Mission Statements and more”

Back training places call, young dentists urge.

In the wake of the DFT fiasco comes a call from young dentists. I am assured that the only reason there weren’t more places is because the DoH wouldn’t releases funds. One thing strikes me as odd when dentists leave the NHS the figure that their training has cost “the taxpayer” is frequently quoted asContinue reading “Back training places call, young dentists urge.”

I do wish I had said that #6

Michael Watson writing in Dentistry nails the subject. Can governments be trusted with commissioning? Michael Watson questions why commissioning remains the cornerstone to provision of healthcare across the NHS including dentistry. The fiasco over West Coast Main Line rail franchise raises questions of whether ministers or civil servants can be trusted with commissioning projects inContinue reading “I do wish I had said that #6”

The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #6 – The Canary System

From The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation A Toronto Success Story Quantum Dental Technologies A Quantum Leap For Dental Care Drilling and filling cavities could soon be a thing of the past thanks to revolutionary new technology developed by Toronto dentist Stephen Abrams and U of T engineer Andreas Mandelis. Called The CanaryContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #6 – The Canary System”

U.S. Tooth Fairy Spending Rebounds, Up 15%

Tooth Fairy Now Leaves an Average of $3 Per Tooth, Up From $2.60 in 2011 Visa Creates Free App for Parents to Determine Their Own Payment Amount SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Economic conditions in the U.S. are improving in at least one sector – children who receive money from the Tooth Fairy. Continue reading “U.S. Tooth Fairy Spending Rebounds, Up 15%”