Posts Tagged ‘Dental care’

Dental chain takes on Allcare patients

Dental chain takes on Allcare patients

The owner of dental chain, Emergency Dental Care USA has offered to treat patients who had paid for treatment with Allcare Dental. Michael Obeng has agreed to take on Allcare patients and an agreement was reached last week; patient records will be transferred and dentists in Emergency Dental Care USA offices will complete unfinished work, […]


Enfield residents angry over plans for dental surgery closure

Enfield residents angry over plans for dental surgery closure

Residents in the village of Enfield are angry after NHS bosses revealed plans to close the local dental surgery without providing alternative arrangements. The Enfield Island Dental Access Centre will close next Monday after bosses decided that the building was not in suitable repair. Residents are angry that they were not consulted about the closure […]


New NHS dental surgery set to open in Retford

New NHS dental surgery set to open in Retford

A new NHS dental surgery will open in Retford, Nottinghamshire, it has been announced. The new DeNtal22 surgery will open on the site of the old doctor’s surgery on Chapelgate; the practice is expected to open its doors to patients on January 31st. Partners Michael and Margaret Naylor and fellow dentist, Adam Walker, have said […]


New multimillion pound dental centre opens in Renfrewshire

New multimillion pound dental centre opens in Renfrewshire

A new, state of the art four million pound dental centre has opened in Paisley, Renfrewshire. The dental centre has opened on the site of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and will treat around three thousand patients each year. Five local dental practices will transfer to the new centre, which is kitted out with […]


New dental clinic to help low income families

New dental clinic to help low income families

A new dental clinic will provide much-needed dental care for people on a low income in Virginia. The Piedmont Regional Dental Clinic will open this spring in Orange; the new centre will help low income families in Greene, Orange, Madison and Culpeper counties. The facility was made possible by the Virginia Health Care Foundation and […]


Dentist helps out Ugandan people

Dentist helps out Ugandan people

A dentist from Steep has recently returned from a two week visit to Uganda. Heidi Robinson went out to Uganda to help provide pain relief and basic dental services to local people in the East of the country. During her two week adventure, she helped around two thousand people. Heidi Robinson went out to Uganda […]


Thousands still waiting for an NHS dentist in Cumbria

Thousands still waiting for an NHS dentist in Cumbria

Figures released by Cumbria Primary Care Trust have revealed that ten thousand people have been waiting for an NHS dentist for longer than 20 months in Cumbria. The figures show that 29,537 people on the waiting list have been allocated an NHS dental place; however, there are still 9811 people waiting for a dentist. In […]


Ilchester dental practice scoops award

Ilchester dental practice scoops award

An Ilchester dental practice has been recognised as one of the best in the country. Dentistry by Paula Richardson was awarded the Best Practice in the South West and Wales Award at the Dentistry Awards last week. Dr Paula Richardson said that she was delighted to receive the prestigious award; she expressed her delight at […]


Coalition set to introduce new dental contract

Coalition set to introduce new dental contract

The Coalition government will bring in a new dental contract in the near future, it has been revealed. The new contract will replace the one brought in by Labour in 2006 and will bring about a change to the way dentists are paid; the new contract will introduce a new system, where dentists will be […]


Seven new dental clinics set to open in Chennai

Seven new dental clinics set to open in Chennai

The Mayor of Chennai has announced that seven new dental clinics will open in the city in the near future. Mayor Subramanian announced that clinics will open in the Basin Bridge, Ayanavaram, Kilpauk, Nungambakkam, Pulianthope, Mylapore and Saidapet areas of the city. Mayor Subramanian said that the new clinics would make dental care more accessible […]