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Tough love!
October 10, 2014
Many of you will have children of varying ages, and some of you will have experienced the trials and traumas of bringing up young people who think – They know…
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Best Kept Secret!
October 3, 2014
After the on/off/on/off evidence base for connecting periodontal health with the risk of heart disease and diabetes a new study has come down in favour of a strong link. The…
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Democracy or feudal state?
September 19, 2014
The General Dental Council have now received over 4000 responses to their ‘consultation’ on the proposed rise in Annual Retention Fee. There was a meeting of the Council yesterday to…
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War of the Gods
September 10, 2014
Greek mythology has it that before mankind there was a War of the Gods, between the older gods of Titan and the younger Olympians. After many battles, the Olympians –…
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CQC II – The Sequel
September 4, 2014
Setting the scene Changes are afoot! Care Quality Commission have published their plans and timetable for changes to the way dental practices are inspected. To précis these, they are based…
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Do you Know a ‘Man who Can’?
August 28, 2014
There is a common set of faults in the mind-set of General Dental Practitioners and I have to admit to being susceptible to these too. It’s like our default programming…
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Crystal Ball
August 19, 2014
“For the times they are a-changin’” – thanks to Bob Dylan for a neat introduction to this blog. The landscape of our profession is changing rapidly. This certainly isn`t the…
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Responsibility for Recommendations
August 14, 2014
You know how we all fall into the trap of calling a vacuum cleaner a ‘H**ver’, or a ball-point pen a ‘B*ro’. It is so easy to do, but we…
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