This weekend, Australia became the first country to strip all tobacco products of branding and replace them with graphic health warnings designed to reduce the number of tobacco-related deaths. The new law means all cigarettes will now be sold in olive green packets containing graphic images warning of the consequences of smoking, legislation that...
It’s the season to be jolly but, says NASDAL lawyer Amanda Maskery, there can be potential for things to go wrong at Christmas. Whether it’s a party which is a little too raucous, bad weather, dealing with staff holidays or treating emergencies, Christmas brings around pressures which don’t exist at other times of the...
Stuart Craig, based in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, has been struck off by the General Dental Council (GDC) following a public hearing into allegations that he provided a poor standard of care to patients. The allegations, heard by the GDC’s professional conduct committee are in connection with incidents that occurred between 1986 and 2011 when he...
The US review, published in the December issue of Nutrition Reviews, looked at 24 controlled clinical trials, spanning the 1920s to the 1980s, on approximately 3,000 children in several countries. Dr Philippe Hujoel, of the University of Washington in Seattle, who conducted the review, said that while vitamin D’s role in supporting bone health...
The Right to Smile campaign was launched this week by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), with an aim to provide information on finding a dentist, dental charges, entitlements to NHS care – and even how to seek redress when things go wrong. The campaign follows in the wake of the OFT study earlier...
Dentist and author Dr Mike Young introduces his book called ‘Managing a Dental Practice, The Genghis Khan Way’
Dentist Paul Starrs talks about the people that have influenced his career, his “desert island products” and his long term dentistry plan