According to retail sales analysts, purchases jump by 25% at Christmas and retail growth overall sees its biggest boost of the year. It is also the time of the year when more sales of small household electrical goods are made than any other. Meanwhile, dental research shows a rise in patient demand for tooth...
A dental practice, which has three surgeries in East Sussex, is changing lives by performing complete dental implants for free after winners are nominated on Facebook. Brighton Implant Clinic’s charity, The Smile Foundation, provides dental implant treatment for those in need of urgent surgery, but without the means to cover its costs. The Smile...
According to the Department of Health, the amount of untreated dental disease amongst the prison population is roughly four times greater than the level found in the general population coming from a similar background. The prisoner profile is a familiar one across the UK; predominantly young men from deprived backgrounds with low literacy and...
Of these, 375 FTE were professors, senior lecturers and Lecturers, and 172 FTE were senior Clinical Teachers and Clinical Teachers. This reflects a 1% increase in total clinical academic staffing since 2010, making a fourth consecutive year of increase in clinical academic staffing levels. Numbers are now at their highest since the first survey...
With a total of 1675 applications, this equates to 12 per every available place for medicine and 10 for dentistry; this includes around 14 and 16 applications per place respectively from prospective international students. The figures are based on applications received through UCAS by the 15 October 2012. The new medical and dental school...
Dream Makeover Essex is a competition offering four people each the chance to win fabulous top-to-toe restyling worth up to £25,000 and realise their dreams for perfect eyesight, a perfect smile, great grooming and style. It’s the brainchild of celebrity dentist, Ash Parmar, who owns Smile Design by Ash in Chigwell, Essex, and appears...
Young dentists are calling for support for their demand for the government to guarantee all graduates from UK dental schools a Dental Foundation Training (DFT) place. The demand comes in the British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) newly published YDC Asks, a mini-manifesto for young dentists developed by the organisation’s Young Dentists Committee (YDC). The committee...