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Posts by John Shapter:
The Blog What I Wrote
John Shapter Dental SpecialistLanguage, accent and local dialect, can be a challenge even within different areas of the UK. Areas as diverse as...
Prescription for Disaster!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistAbout twenty years ago, I called the weekend duty GP because I was worried about our young son who had...
“See you in Court”
John Shapter Dental SpecialistThese are the words used by the British Dental Association (BDA) after the General Dental Council (GDC) considered the annual...
A pat on the back!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistWell done dentists! The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest report on services has good things to say about the practice...
Get some gum-ption!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistFigures from the National Health Service indicate that at least one in 15 adults in the UK currently suffers from...
Tough love!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistMany of you will have children of varying ages, and some of you will have experienced the trials and traumas...
Best Kept Secret!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistAfter the on/off/on/off evidence base for connecting periodontal health with the risk of heart disease and diabetes a new study...
Live like a king
John Shapter Dental SpecialistRichard III was king for a relatively short 26 months before his untimely and violent death at the Battle of...
Democracy or feudal state?
John Shapter Dental SpecialistThe General Dental Council have now received over 4000 responses to their ‘consultation’ on the proposed rise in Annual Retention...
War of the Gods
John Shapter Dental SpecialistGreek mythology has it that before mankind there was a War of the Gods, between the older gods of Titan...
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