Emeritus Prof Christopher MayIf you've not been following the crisis in the UK dental health sector (specifically the falling provision of NHS dentistry) then you will find this piece from BBC In Depth a useful (and pretty comprehensive) survey of the issue(s) and prospects for reform.... of course in the end, as always, it comes down to money!
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Poorer Households Increasingly Forced to Use Private #Dentists
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/03/09/private-dentists/
World news | The GuardianAlmost a third of people in England use private dentists amid NHS dental crisis https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/09/nhs-dental-crisis-private-dentist-patient-incease-england #Dentists #Society #Health #England #Inequality #UkNews
UK competition watchdog to review private dentistry market after prices rise by 23% https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/05/uk-competition-watchdog-to-review-private-dentistry-market-after-prices-rise #Dentists #England #Nhs #PrivateHealthcare #Health #HealthPolicy #CompetitionAndMarketsAuthority #Regulators #UkNews
ScienceCommunicatorWhat? Private "health care" is a private profit, before public health, seeking business? Who the heck knew! This is also an example of out of touch #politics
#Dentists return £900m after failing to see #NHS patients - #BBC #News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwwvnp7z8o
> Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.
Jonathan Wrighthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwwvnp7z8o
Shameful. Dentists should hang their heads in shame!
So many dentists now only take on private patients, with current NHS patients often having to travel hundreds of miles to get treatment on the NHS, if they can get it at all, yet we read millions of pounds are unspent.
Is this in a bid to privitise the entire service that only the rich can afford?
I repeat: dentists should hang their heads in shame!
#NHS #DentistsForAll #Dentists #UK #Privitisation #ProtectOurNHS
🕯️Curious Magpie 🕯️"In a three-part series this week, CIDRAP News is investigating the overuse of antibiotics in dentistry, including changes that dentists and consumers can make to reduce the risk of harm.
Although 10% to 15% of dental antibiotics prescriptions are written for people with current infections, the rest are prescribed to people before or after a dental procedure “just in case” an infection develops, said Katie J. Suda, PharmD, a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Research by Suda and her colleagues found that 80% of such preventive dental antibiotics are inappropriate.”
#antibiotics #health #dentists
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/how-avoid-inappropriate-dental-antibiotics
The Japan TimesCavity rates for kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high school students in Japan have all rewritten record lows, an education ministry survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/science-health/japan-children-cavity-rates-record-lows/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #dentists #surveys #mext #children
The Orkney NewsDeyanov Dental Practice
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/02/10/deyanov-dental-practice/
Simon AshcroftMy son has been having some issues with one of his remaining wisdom teeth. Clearly, insufficient wisdom has been extracted to date.
Anyhow, he came back from the dentist this morning with his mouth very numb from the anaesthetic - and was immediately challenged to say “antithesis”.
The results were hilarious…