Dentist shortages to be tackled with cash incentive
Dental leaders say new measures to improve access to care in England do not go far enough in meeting needs. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dentists will be handed £20,000 'golden hellos' to work in 'dental deserts' and sent into schools to treat children's teeth in NHS plan to solve appointments crisis
Official data has revealed one in six children are leaving primary school with rotten teeth and a quarter of adults have delayed dental treatment due to the cost. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dentists to get £20k in plan to combat shortfalls
Dental leaders say new measures to improve access to care in England do not go far enough in meeting needs. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dentists will be sent into schools to treat children's teeth in a bid to tackle epidemic of poor oral health among young pupils
Official data has revealed one in six children are leaving primary school with rotten teeth and a quarter of adults have delayed dental treatment due to the cost. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hundreds queue from crack of dawn outside a newly-opened NHS dentist for second day running in desperate scramble to get an appointment
The line of people first formed yesterday outside of Saint Pauls Dental Practice, in St Paul's, Bristol, which police were forced to break up. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Influence of implant reference on the scanning accuracy of complete arch implant scans captured by using a photogrammetry system
ConclusionsImplant reference impacted the accuracy of complete arch implant scans obtained by using the photogrammetry system tested. However, a trueness ±precision linear discrepancy of 6 ±3  µm and an angular discrepancy of 0.01 ±0.01 degrees were measured among the groups tested; therefore, the impact of the discrepancy measured should not be clinically significant. Clinical ImplicationsThe selection of the reference implant does not impact the accuracy of the photogrammetry system tested; however, marking the implant placed on the right and most posterior tooth location as the implant reference is...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - February 6, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Dentists' Group Issues New Pain-Control Guidelines for Teens, Adults
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 -- New guidelines from the American Dental Association (ADA) are cracking down on the use of opioids for tooth pain.The guidelines say that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) taken alone or alongside acetaminophen... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

The horrifying reality of trying to get an NHS dentist: Police break up queue outside newly-opened dental practice after 'hundreds' waited up to SIX hours to sign up, including a disabled cancer patient 'who had no choice' but to stand in the cold
Hundreds of people lined up in a horrific six-hour queue at a new dental practice in Bristol in the hope of securing an appointment with an NHS dentist in scenes that been likened to the USSR. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Philips Sonicare Whitening Kits, Brighter Smile In 3 Days
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Source: Dental Technology Blog - February 5, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Does this new evidence prove you can catch Alzheimer's at the dentist?
A study had found five people who'd been injected with now-banned growth treatments in the 1980s had gone on to develop early-onset dementia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Who remembers Dentacoin? The Bitcoin for Dentists briefly had a market cap of $1.91 billion in August 2018. Today it's market cap lingers around $1 million
In 2017, Dentacoin burst onto the cryptocurrency scene with ambitious plans to revolutionize the global dental industry. With dreams of becoming the Bitcoin of dentistry, Dentacoin’s initial journey was marked by optimism. However, as 2024 unfolds, the reality paints a different picture. Today,…#dentacoinyoutube #lifdental #buffalo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dentist shares three occasions when you should not brush your teeth
A dentist's advice may make you want to think twice about when you brush your teeth in the morning. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Getting a Dental X-Ray? New Recommendation Says You Don't Need a Lead Apron
(MedPage Today) -- Those heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation's largest dental association said Thursday it will no longer recommend the use of lead aprons and thyroid collars... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 3, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

You May Not Need a Lead Apron for a Dental X-ray, a New Recommendation Says
Those heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation’s largest dental association said Thursday it will no longer recommend the use of lead aprons and thyroid collars on patients who are getting dental X-rays. There are two main reasons for the change. X-ray beams are now more focused, so there is less concern about radiation hitting other parts of the body. Also, the aprons and collars can sometimes block dentists from getting the images they need. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The best thing to lower radiation exposure is to make sur...
Source: TIME: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Devi Shastri/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Dental Group Says Lead Aprons No Longer Needed for X-Rays
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 -- The heavy lead apron dentists drape over you during dental X-rays may soon be a thing of the past. On Thursday, the American Dental Association (ADA) announced that its member dentists can dispense with the aprons,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news