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Windfall for Bolton PCT

Health chiefs in Bolton will pump almost £1m into dental services to ease the growing crisis in the area. Just two of Bolton’s 32 practices

Toxic toothpaste sold in UK

Fake toothpaste contaminated with a potentially dangerous toxic chemical has been sold in the UK, the British medicines regulator has said. Diethylene Glycol has been

Holmes wins prestigious award

Sharon Holmes of the Dental Arts Studios in London has won the BDPMA & 3M ESPE Practice Manager Award 2007. The announcement was made at

Word perfect

Excellent verbal skills are a key ingredient to the success of dental practices. ‘One cannot not communicate’, as the old saying goes. Every practice system

Rosie says her farewells

The woman responsible for introducing the most far-reaching dental reforms in 50 years has left her job insisting that the new NHS contract ‘is working’.

Mixed reactions for Winterton

The news that Rosie Winterton will be replaced as minister for dentistry was met with mixed reactions in political circles. Andrew Murrison, Conservative party spokesman

Steroid injection and TMJ washout

This patient was seen on referral for ongoing left-sided temporomandibular joint pain. The pain and stiffness of the joint (TMJ) was long standing and recurring.

Rosie Winterton: Profile

Rosie Winterton, 48, was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health in June 2003. As minister for dentistry, she oversaw a recruitment

The art of relaxation

So the exams are over for another year. Goodbye hours spent indoors studying, hello lazy days in the sunshine (the unpredictable British weather permitting, of

Duke Street won’t give up on Oasis

Private equity firm Duke Street Capital has stepped up its battle for control of Oasis Healthcare by raising its offer to over £88m, topping a

Sugary tea warning

Drinking lots of sugary tea can be almost as bad for your teeth as sipping fizzy drinks, the British Dental Health Foundation has warned. Older

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