Dr Ahmad will be introducing Dinos Kounturas, a general dental practitioner at The Dental Implant Clinic in Thessalonki, Greece, as the speaker for the session. His presentation, Customised aesthetic treatment using minimal or non-invasive feldspathic porcelain veneers, will explore the rationale behind the use of such veneers as an alternative to composite resins. The session will provide a step-by-step guide using clinical case studies to demonstrate the processes involved in order to create successfully an enhanced smile for patients.

The 2010 British Dental Conference and Exhibition takes place at the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre between 20-22 May. The event features top level national and international speakers will provide delegates with a wealth of information and advice that they can directly translate to situations that they experience in their practices everyday. The information will inspire the entire dental team to implement new strategies aimed at providing better patient care, and increased practice revenue.

Source:
British Dental Association

Henry Schein and it’s employees is not a company that does things for headlines. They regularly go to Dominican Republic and other countries, donating help and time for poor communities. Here is a group under Henry Schein’s banner working for free in the Dominican Republic in November 2009

See their press release below:

Company establishes matching relief fund through Henry Schein Cares Foundation

In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Henry Schein, Inc. , the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, and its supplier partners have earmarked $1 million in life-saving medical supplies to partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are providing relief.

Within hours of the reports of the earthquake, pallets of much needed supplies were prepared for shipment to partner NGOs, including AmeriCares, Direct Relief International, Heart to Heart International, International Medical Corps, LDS Charities and Medshare through Henry Schein Cares, the Company’s global social responsibility program. As part of Henry Schein Cares disaster preparedness efforts, the Company already had pallets of essential supplies packed and on site at the warehouses of several partner NGOs to ensure immediate response to humanitarian emergencies. These products are already on their way to Haiti.

“As Haitian officials continue to assess the damage caused by this tragic earthquake, Henry Schein Cares is working closely with our partner NGOs to seek opportunities to support humanitarian relief efforts,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Henry Schein. “We stand ready to do our part to support our NGO partners and are committed to quickly getting these essential medical relief supplies on the ground to those who need them.”

In the past, Henry Schein Cares has responded to other disasters including the cyclone in Myanmar and earthquake in China in 2008, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the U.S. Gulf Coast; the 2004 Asian tsunami; the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan; the conflict in Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine; and September 11.

To enable Team Schein Members and others outside of the Company to support relief efforts in a coordinated way, the Company also has established a Haitian Earthquake Relief Fund through the Henry Schein Cares Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. Henry Schein will match all donations contributed to this fund by Team Schein Members, and the proceeds will be applied directly and completely to relief efforts. Anyone wishing to contribute to this fund should make the check payable to “Henry Schein Cares Foundation” with “Haitian Earthquake Relief Fund” noted in the memo of the check, and send it to Dewi Wijaya at Henry Schein, Inc., 135 Duryea Road, Melville, NY 11747. Donations to the Henry Schein Cares Foundation are tax deductible in the United States.

About Henry Schein

Henry Schein has four business groups – Dental, Medical, International and Technology – serve more than 590,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, which provides customers in more than 200 countries with a comprehensive selection of more than 90,000 national and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 100,000 additional products available as special-order items. Henry Schein also provides exclusive, innovative technology offerings for dental, medical and veterinary professionals, including value-added practice management software and electronic health record solutions.

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs has just announced a press release. In it they state that they want Dentists, Doctors and other Health professionals to come forward with details of any undeclared income. Dentists and others in the Health sector will have until 31 March 2010 to make a voluntary disclosure .

The ‘Tax Health Plan’, is looking to find cash and unpaid taxes in offshore bank accounts.

HMRC had this to say:

“Our aim is to make it as easy as possible for people to come forward, make a full disclosure and benefit from the certainty of a reduced 10 per cent penalty that HMRC is making available to those who qualify for this opportunity,” said Mike Wells, HMRC’s Director of Risk and Intelligence. “This is the first step in enabling those with undisclosed income or gains to avoid a full tax investigation together with much higher penalties.”

They are using a couple of tactics. If you reveal any unpaid tax you may only have to pay 10% back. If you don’t come forward, then you may have to pay 100%  of unpaid tax. Now of course we at DentistJob.co.uk know all our readers and subscribers are fully paid up law abiding citizens! So you need not worry!

Thing is, ‘Hector the Taxman’ has all sorts of things to pay for, Iraq, Afghanistan…………………..

This is Government backed and dentists will have to take part in this new incentive, and law.

The way the cpd scheme will work is that private dentists will go to CPD Seminars and other CPD studies organised by the Malaysia Dental Association (MDA) . The MDA works closely in conjunction with the Malaysian Dental Health department.

The president of the MDA , Dr Lee Soon Boon, said:

The new scheme was developed to further advance the quality and standard of dental care in Malaysia. …………CPD is essential for dental practitioners to maintain and improve their knowledge and skills throughout their working life.

“CPD has been compulsory for dentists in the civil service for the past five years and we believe that expanding the scheme to private dentists will greatly benefit the profession.”

The new CPD ruling for dentists will include 50% of Malaysian Dentists, as this many work and operate in the private dentistry sector.

The MDA is not to be confused with the MDC, the Malaysian Dental Council. Every person who wishes to practice dentistry in Malaysia is required by law to register with the Malaysian Dental Council.

It is the Highland area of Scotland that has the most acute shortages in regards to lack of dentists per population head. It is this region and regions throughout the UK that past and present Governments have systematically failed to address.
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie MSP said:
“Too many people are still waiting to register with an NHS dentist. This is unacceptable and the situation is particularly bad in rural areas like the Borders, Fife, Grampian and the Highlands and Islands — all of which are way below the target of registering 80 per cent of three to five-year-olds with an NHS dentist by 2010 to 2011.”

Andrew Lamb, the BDA’s director for Scotland, said: “It is well recognised that access to dental care remains a problem in Scotland, particularly in rural and remote areas. If this problem is to be addressed, the Scottish government must engage with dentists and listen to their concerns.”

One of the biggest problems is that Dentists are choosing to work in the better paid Private Dentistry, sector. Many would say, ‘who can blame them’. The government needs clearly to increase pay to NHS Dentists to level the playing field.

Public health minister Shona Robison said: “We’re increasing the number of NHS dentists and registering more patients with an NHS dentist. But although we’re investing substantially in NHS dentistry, we do know there are still problems with access in some areas and we continue to tackle this.

“We are developing outreach training centres throughout Scotland, including Aberdeen, Inverness, and Dumfries and Galloway, and health boards now have the authority to appoint directly salaried dentists. We are increasing the numbers of dental students and opened a third dental school in Aberdeen last year, which will further increase numbers.”

Mary Scanlon MSP, Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, said: “The crisis in dentistry brings shame on Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP.
Since 2000, the situation has got worse for children and for adults. There were 50,000 fewer children registered with a dentist in 2007, compared to 1999.
Bottom line is this is a huge failing for the Scottish National Party also. Fact is, people pay for their dental treatment through their taxes. Where is the service. The next government to come into office must address this problem.
Thankfully some medical and dental recruitment agencies are pro-actively encouraging overseas dentists to come to the UK to work as dentists. Therefore bridging the gap in UK Dentistry.

The Tories have laid out a 20 point plan aimed at rejuvenating the flailing NHS. Nice ideas, but will any of these proposed policies see the light of day or get acted on?
First the Conservatives must gain power this year to effect changes to the UK’s Health & Dentistry systems.
Here is their propsed 20 point NHS plan:

1. Scrap hospital targets

2. Give patients detailed information about the performance of doctors, hospitals and GPs.

3. People allowed to choose where they are treated

4. More private and voluntary providers in NHS

5. GPs’ pay linked to their performance and results

6. Cut cost of NHS administration by a third

7. Independent NHS board to manage the health service

8. Hospitals will lose money if patients contract MRSA

9. End mixed-sex accommodation

10. Drug companies paid according to effectiveness of treatments

11. New hotline for urgent care to run alongside 999

12. New maternity system giving mothers more choice

13. Every 5 year old given a dental check up as part of overhaul of NHS Dental Service

14. Fines for those missing dentist appointments

15. New drive to help the mentally-ill

16. Department of Health turned into Department of Public Health

17. More funding for poorest areas to tackle health inequalities

18. £10 million a year to support hospices caring for children

19. Single budget for each person suffering from chronic illnesses to cover their health and social care

20. Everyone can protect their homes from being sold to fund residential care by paying a one-off insurance premium of £8,000 when they retire.

You can read their Draft Manifesto here