Posts Tagged ‘Dentist’
Disabled patient angered by lack of access to dental surgery
A disabled patient from Corsham, Wiltshire, has spoken out after he was unable to get into the dental surgery he has used for the past thirty years. Richard Everett, now 82, was left reeling after he was unable to use the ramp at the back of the Power and Stafford-Wood dental practice. Mr Everett was […]
Figures reveal high earning dentists in Ireland
Figures released by the Health Service Executive have revealed that hundreds of dentists earned more than 100,000 Euros in medical card payments last year. Nine practices in Ireland took more than 300,000 Euros in medical card payments and 59 dentists took more than 200,000 Euros. Last year, the state paid a total of more than […]
Dentists drum up support for NHS services
Dentists have taken to the streets of Somerset to encourage people to use their local NHS dental services. Olusesan Popoola, from the Blackbrook Dental Practice, was one of the dentists taking part in the campaign; he was joined by colleagues Katherine Foye, Sue Scarlet and Christina Lane. The team set up a ten foot high […]
Dentist charged with fraud
A dentist from the Erie area has been charged with fraud, following a police investigation. Kevin Sambuchino, owner of the Lake Erie Dental practice, has been accused of making fraudulent claims to insurance companies. It is believed that Sambuchino was claiming for high quality crowns and restorations made from precious metals and expensive ceramic materials […]
Welsh dentists told to throw away millions of unused bilingual papers
Dentists in Wales have been instructed to throw away millions of unused bilingual papers in a bid to improve efficiency and increase storage. Forms in Wales currently come with either Welsh or English instructions and the forms are A5 size; the new forms will now be A4 size with a perforated strip across the middle […]
Dentist arrested on suspicion of fraud
A dentist from Bury has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Omer Butt was arrested following a police investigation, which uncovered a plot to defraud the NHS. Two other men were also arrested and the three suspects were all questioned yesterday and held in custody overnight. Police are also searching a number of addresses in […]
A quarter of Californian children have never been to the dentist
A study has revealed that 1 in 4 Californian children have never been to visit a dentist. The study, which was conducted by researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Healthcare Foundation, was published in the Health Affairs journal this month. The project focused on dental health amongst children under […]
Dental graduates much more likely to find employment
Figures have suggested that medicine and dentistry graduates are much more likely to find employment than graduates of other university courses. According to statistics released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, around 1 in 10 graduates was struggling to find a job in the first six months after they completed their course, with those studying […]
Haptic nanotechnology used to train dentists, regenerate dental pulp, determine food compositions and treat cranio-maxillofacial conditions
Back in 2008, Ralph Hollis, Professor at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University developed the magnetic levitation interface with the idea that “one day”, it may be used as a simulator in medical training and robotic-assisted procedures. The interface is designed for immediate response to user movements allowing users to experience slight changes in positioning, […]
Do dentists know how to recognise and treat patients with eating disorders?
Eating disorders affect dental health in a number of ways that are visible to dentists, but most noticeable are acid reflux effects. The symptoms include swelling of the cheeks and jaw, tooth and gum sensitivity, tooth decay, tooth discolouration, and halitosis. Stomach acid increase due to bulimia erodes teeth and causes sensitivity to the teeth […]
