Will Justin Bieber's Video, U Smile Inspire Kids to visit Dentists?

Justin's New Video: U Smile is set to rock the teen age heart. See the video below

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For some technical reason, the above video is not working and therefore I have posted it here as well.

It is estimated that due to the "Justin Effect" on impressionable young teenage girls, his "pearly whites" will inspire lots of girls in London and states to go in for tooth whitening in London.

It is reported that thousands of girls are mighty impressed with his pearly whites and tooth whitening firms are waiting to rake in the moolah!

I am sure all the London Dentists must be loving it!

Justin Bieber - U Smile

Dentitst in Birmingham de-frauded NHS of £230,000!

A Birmingham Dentitst has de-frauded the NHS of £230,000/- Wolverhampton Crown Court, sitting in Brierley Hill, heard that this dentist in London used the forged degree certificate to register with the General Dental Council and obtain employment in the NHS between February 2000 and February 2009, earning a total of around £230,000.

She worked in the Oral and Maxillofacial departments at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Essex, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in East Grinstead, Sussex.
The court heard her role involved examining patients, carrying out minor surgical procedures and dealing with trauma alongside senior consultants.

She was charged after an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service and today pleaded guilty to one count of using a false instrument, five counts of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, and one count of fraud by false representation.
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The question is why wasn't this picked up earlier, anyone who comes from overseas have their degree checked and further certificates are needed. GDC should also take responsility for their failure to provide the necessary licenses for this dentist to practise and treat patient's.

Dental Care for Nursing Homes- "Patchy"!

Peter Bateman, speaking at a BDA meeting on Monday, the Chair of the BDA’s Salaried Dentists Committee, said that the provision of oral healthcare for residents of nursing homes remained highly variable. He told delegates that people living in care homes typically have poorer oral health than their contemporaries, but are often unable to access appropriate dental care.

Explaining the work being undertaken in Sheffield by the Residential Oral Care Sheffield (ROCS) scheme, Dr Bateman said that he hoped the model adopted there – of salaried dentists in Sheffield, co-ordinating the activity of general dental practitioners across the city and working closely with the staff of care homes – would be expanded both in and beyond the city.  He also called on the Coalition Government to keep its promise to take into account the ROCS model when developing new arrangements for dentistry in England, details of which are expected to be published later this year.

Bateman calls for greater recognition of the work of care professionals, arguing that they are underpaid and undervalued in Britain. The role of advocates in helping vulnerable patients obtain health services is also vital, he explained.

Prison environments also present challenges for dental seo care Dr Bateman said, citing the movement of inmates around institutions as a barrier to providing continuity of care and the failure of some custodial institutions to invest in the facilities necessary for the provision of care as problems.

UK Dentists want to be called "Doctor"

According to the British Dental Association, a survey among all its memeber dentists, showed that the dentists want to continue the use of prefic of "Dr". 

Four-fifths of dentists, even W1 London Dentists, think it is appropriate to continue to use the courtesy title of 'Dr' according to a poll carried out by the British Dental Association (BDA). The survey was carried out as part of a discussion hosted on the communities section of the BDA website between late July and early September. The debate attracted very high levels of interest, being viewed more than 2,800 times.

The discussion, which was open from late July to early September, saw contributions from dental members of BDA across the UK. The results of the poll will be used to emphasise the profession's concerns in the BDA's formal response to the General Dental Council's consultation on the issue.

Dr Susie Sanderson, Chair of the BDA's Executive Board, said:

"This issue has generated unprecedented levels of interest from contributors to the BDA's online communities. Participants, dentists, have sent a very strong signal about their wish to continue using the title Dr. We have listened to them and will convey the strength of that feeling to the GDC in our response to its consultation on this issue.

"It is clear from the contributions to this forum that, as long as it is made clear that the individual in question is a dentist, patients do not seem to be confused by the use of the title. The practice of referring to dentists in this way is long-established overseas and is also now firmly embedded in the UK."

I even asked Dentist in Marylebone about it and even they want to continue to use the title of "Doctor".

What do you think, are you comfortable calling your dentist doctor?

Dentist Shame!

In the news are dentists, who have tried to either be a voyeur or solicit sex whlist practicing.

I just cannot believe that any dentist will do that, after all that hard work which goes into being a dentist, all those years of study, sweat & toil, you do something so stupid and destroy lives of patients and ggive a bad name to your profession and lose all social credibilty and your job!

What motivates them to do this, is beyond me! I wish these chaps will stop making the rest of the dentists look bad!

GDC is taking steps to prevent such characters from practising again and rightly so.

A dentist tried to seduce a married patient after her husband suffered brain damage in a severe asthma attack, a misconduct hearing was told yesterday

Heather Norton, for the GDC, said: ‘The matters relate to a breach of trust and the advantage we say that Mr Shah sought to take from her in her difficult life circumstances.

Another dentist was playing Jmaes Bond and trying to see women change clothes!

Come on men, get a life! You can go to a night club or dancing bar to get your cheap thrills, leave the patients alone!

Welcome to the London Dental Blog

Welcome to the London Dental Blog! Starting a new journey into Dental Blogging, lets see how things pan out!