Posts Tagged ‘patient’

Gold Coast dental patient travels to India for treatment after being quoted $100,000 in Australia

Gold Coast dental patient travels to India for treatment after being quoted $100,000 in Australia

A dental patient from the Gold Coast has travelled to India for treatment after being quoted $100,000 for work in Australia. Neil McLean, 60, required intensive dental treatment, but put it off for several years after prioritising paying his mortgage and putting food on the table for his daughters. When his children left home and […]


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 […]


Waiting lists fall in Scarborough

Waiting lists fall in Scarborough

Health officials have revealed that recent initiatives to cut waiting lists in the Scarborough area have been successful. Just a few weeks ago, at the end of March, there were lengthy waiting lists in Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale, with around 1,500 people waiting to join an NHS dental register. In the past, Scarborough has made […]


Smile Centre UK set to donate implants for snooker legend

Smile Centre UK set to donate implants for snooker legend

The Smile Centre UK has offered to donate dental implants to former snooker champion Alex Higgins. The amazing donation comes in the light of shocking images in the press, showing Higgins looking gaunt and ill; the former champion has been surviving on a diet of baby food following a lengthy battle with throat cancer. Treatment […]


Dentist cleared of sexually assaulting female patient

Dentist cleared of sexually assaulting female patient

A Cork dentist was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a female patient yesterday. John Tait, a 58 year old dentist from the Upper Rochestown area of Cork, appeared in court facing charges of sexual assault following an alleged incident at his dental surgery back in 2005. A young female patient claimed that her dentist, […]