Posts Tagged ‘shortage of dentists’
Dental team making a difference in Tanzania
A team of dental staff are raising money to make a difference in Tanzania. The team from Ringley Park Dental Practice in Reigate, are working hard to raise money to help poor people in Tanzania. Currently, oral health can be a matter of life and death in the country and people die every day from […]
Maine residents set to vote on dental bond
Residents in Maine are preparing to vote on a 5 million dollar bond to improve dental care services in the state. The bond would be used to improve access to affordable services, create more dental clinics and build a dental school in Maine. Currently, there is a shortage of dentists, especially in the north of […]
Volunteer dentists give patients something to smile about
A group of dentists has teamed up to host a free clinic, which will target patients who cannot afford dental treatment and do not have dental insurance. Dentists from California, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas dentists have joined forced to host the clinic at Expo New Mexico next week. The New Mexico Mission of Mercy […]
Old Pub to become new dental practice
Nestor Primecare, based in Birmingham, aim to renovate a derelict pub in Stoke into a new NHS dental practice. Plans have been put forward by the group to turn the New Phoenix pub into four dental surgeries, with full sterilisation facilities. The application for planning has been sent to the Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and they […]
Florida set for new dental clinic
A plan to create a new eight chair dental clinic on the site of an old hospital has been approved by Okaloosa County commissioners. The new clinic will be built at the old Fort Walton Beach Hospital and will cost $263,000; the project will be funded by Okaloosa County. The Veterans Services Department is also […]
Canada keen to recruit foreign dentists
Ministers in Ottawa have announced that they are keen to recruit more foreign dentists in a bid to improve access to dental services. At the moment there is a severe shortage of dentists in rural areas of Ottawa and the Canadian Dental Regulatory Authorities Federation has announced that it will invest a significant amount of […]
Patients in rural areas in Australia struggling to see a dentist
Patients living in rural areas of Australia are struggling to get an appointment with a dentist, it has been revealed. Residents from more remote areas are being forced to wait several months for routine treatment, with some waiting for more than two years for a routine check-up. Australia is a vast land mass with a […]
Isle of Man patients face delayed treatment
The shortage of dentists at two practices on the Isle of Man has left thousands of patients facing delays on necessary treatments and routine check-ups. The two NHS Douglas dental clinics; the Central Community Health Centre and the Hillside Dental Clinic, have suffered a shortage of dentists since May of this year and it had […]
Dental patient numbers fall in Brighton
Figures released by the Department of Health have revealed that there has been a significant decrease in the number of patients visiting their dentist in Brighton and Hove and East Sussex. The figures, which show the total number of patients who visited a dentist over a two year period, have fallen from 253,811 between 2004 […]
Finnish patients forced to wait due to shortage of dentists
Patients in Finland are facing lengthy waiting lists as the shortage of dentists gets worse. In the coming years a large number of dentists are expected to retire in the country and waiting lists are set to increase in size as a result. In certain parts of the country, including the East, there is already […]
