Posts Tagged ‘dental therapist’
Billingham dental team celebrates baby boom
The team at a Billingham dental practice is celebrating a baby boom after nine new babies arrived in the space of 12 months. In the last year alone, the staff at Queensway dental team have celebrated the arrival of five baby boys and four girls. Jen Mallon, dental therapist, gave birth to her first child, […]
Hartlepool Students Get A Visit From A Dental Therapist,
Primary school students in Hartlepool were treated to a visit from a local dental therapist recently. Joanne Brown, from Elliott McCarthy Dental Care, visited the students at Lynnfield Primary School to take to children about oral hygiene, keeping the teeth healthy and diet. Joanne ran a fun and interactive educational session with the children in […]
Malaysian Dentists Worried About New Proposals
Malaysian dentists are worried that new proposals could put the public at risk. The Dental Bill 2012 allows untrained dental practitioners to carry out procedures currently only done by qualified dentists. Dr Malliga Vadiveloo, president of the Malaysian Private Dental Practitioner’s Association, said that the Dental Bill will create a “grey area” between the role […]
Dental Therapist Trading Dumbarton for Tanzania to Provide Dental Care
A dental therapist from Dumbarton has embarked on a mercy mission to Tanzania to help provide some of the world’s poorest communities with basic dental care and train people to carry out basic procedures, such as tooth extraction. Elaine Warner has joined more than 20 people to volunteer in Tanzania, where the ratio of dentists […]
