Posts Tagged ‘Dental care’

Children’s dental clinic set for expansion

Children’s dental clinic set for expansion

A dental clinic, which provides dental care for foster children, is set to expand. The Ingleburn dental clinic has been given a grant, which will enable it to expand its services. At the moment, the clinic opens out of hours to provide care for foster children. The grant will enable the clinic to open during […]


Patients in France putting off dental treatment due to high costs

Patients in France putting off dental treatment due to high costs

Figures released by the Cour des Comptes audit body have revealed that millions of people are avoiding having dental care because of rising costs. According to the report, one in seven patients cancelled a dental appointment because they couldn’t afford dental treatment. The figures showed that 63 percent of all the health appointments cancelled in […]


Money for dental treatment will pay for snooker legend’s funeral

Money for dental treatment will pay for snooker legend’s funeral

The money raised for Alex Higgins’ dental treatment will now be used to pay for his funeral, it has been announced. Just a few months ago, shocking pictures of the snooker star appeared in the national media after it was revealed that Higgins was losing his fight to stay alive due to the inability to […]


La Salle set for new dental clinic

La Salle set for new dental clinic

Residents in La Salle will soon have access to a new dental facility, it has been announced. The new clinic is set to open on the same site as the La Salle Medical Centre and Pharmacy, which opened just last year. It is hoped that the new centre will open this autumn. The clinic will […]


Cranbourne patients facing three year wait for dental treatment

Cranbourne patients facing three year wait for dental treatment

A recent study has revealed that low income families from Cranbourne, Australia are facing a three year wait for dental treatment. The Teeth First Study, which was conducted by the Brotherhood of St Laurence, also revealed patients are waiting around 29 months for dentures and 38 months for a general check-up. Senior research and policy […]


Bridlington practice turns to Facebook to fill places

Bridlington practice turns to Facebook to fill places

Staff at a dental practice in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, have turned to Facebook in a bid to fill vacant places. The VI Dental Centre currently has two thousand spare NHS places after the practice was given funding for ten thousand extra places. Eight thousand of the places have now been filled but staff are struggling […]


Buses used to inform people about NHS services in Ilkley

Buses used to inform people about NHS services in Ilkley

Buses are being used to help people find information about their local NHS dental services in the Ilkley area. The scheme is being run by NHS Bradford and Airedale in a bid to make local people aware of the services available to them. The buses, which travel throughout Bradford District, will have posters on the […]


ADA appreciates dental assistants

ADA appreciates dental assistants

The American Dental Association is urging dental assistants and their clinics to promote what they are doing for Dental Assistants Recognition Week. The week (DARW), which will be held from 7 to 13 March 2010, highlights the valuable contribution that dental assistants make to the industry. The theme of this year’s DARW is ‘One Team, […]


Hawaii low-income kid dental care criticised

Hawaii low-income kid dental care criticised

Hawaii has been told that its dental provision for children from low-income families is sub-standard. Pew, which graded all the states on their dental provision for poor youngsters, gave the Hawaii government an F for its oral health policies. Craig Mason, president of Hawaii Dental Association (HDA), said that local dentists were unhappy with the […]


Indiana failing dental patients

Indiana failing dental patients

Leaders in Indiana are being called upon to improve dental care in the state after a study gave it a grade D when it comes to children’s oral health. The study, which was conducted by Pew Children’s Dental Campaign, graded all the states in the US on the quality of their dental care and found […]