Posts Tagged ‘Dental practice’
New hopes for the future of Caithness dental surgery
The owners of a dental surgery in Caithness have been given new hopes, after an anonymous benefactor offered to settle their unpaid tax bill. Earlier this month, Janey and John Murray, the owners of the Smile Solutions clinics in Portree, Skye and Thurso, were declared bankrupt at Portree Sheriff Court; it is believed they had […]
Kentucky practice reaches out to elderly patients
A Kentucky dental practice is reaching out to the elderly by providing new services tailored to their needs. The facility will cater specifically for the needs of elderly patients and will provide a range of treatments, including whitening treatments, general dental treatments, dentures, extractions and cleaning treatments. The practice will also offer minor surgery and […]
New surgery set to create 8,000 new NHS places
A new dental practice is set to open in Fareham, according to NHS Hampshire. The new practice will create places for around eight thousand patients and ease pressure on existing dentists in the area. Details of the location and opening date of the new surgery have yet to be revealed by NHS Hampshire, who say […]
Dental practice offers free treatment for the day
Edmonds Woodway Dental Care will open its doors to patients who cannot afford dental treatment on Saturday the 12th June. The practice will offer free treatment to underprivileged kids, adults on low income and the unemployed during the Second Annual day of Caring event. The clinic will run from 9am to 3pm and dentists are […]
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 […]
Belmore Dental team crosses the finish line
The team from Belmore Dental Studio have crossed the line at the Paris Marathon. The team, which was made up of four runners, were running in aid of two charities, the Northern Ireland Heartbeat Trust and Horizon West Appeal. They have now been bitten by the running bug and will continue to train so that […]
Life ban for pensioner that left hoax bomb outside dental practice
A pensioner has been given a life ban from a dental surgery following an incident involving a hoax bomb. The 84 year old man, known as Peter McShane, manufactured a false bomb and planted it outside his local dentist surgery. Inside the box, he placed a ticking clock, which triggered a large-scale police investigation and […]
Bournemouth patients in the clear following sterilisation blunder
Almost two thousand patients have received clear blood test results following a series of incidents at Poole Lane Dental Practice in Kinson. The alarm was raised after staff at the practice became suspicious of a locum dentist’s sterilisation and infection control procedures. The locum dentist, who has not been named for legal reasons, worked at […]
NHS dentistry improves in Wiltshire
A £3.1million investment into NHS dentistry in Wiltshire has created dramatic improvements. NHS Wiltshire said that dentistry in the county had increased by 10% this year and that this had led to a 23% increase in units of dental activity. Department of Health statistics revealed that around 43,000 more NHS patients have been able to […]
Heywood gets two NHS dentists
Two new NHS dentists have set up shop in Heywood to help local patients. The duo have been established in DHS Dental Practices Limited in Phoenix Centre as a component of a £1.3million scheme to improve local dentistry by NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (NHS HMR). Around 4,000 NHS patients will be able to register […]
