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Care v Cash: co-payment in NHS dentistry

Care v Cash: co-payment in NHS dentistry

This week in the media dentists are being accused of greed, false advertising, hiding prices and misleading patients about their services.  Headlines included: ‘How greedy dentists are fleecing families’ and ‘Dentists falsely advertise NHS slots then refuse to offer appointments’. ... More…
What’s in a smile? Oral health, consumption and technology

What’s in a smile? Oral health, consumption and technology

We all know that toothache can often involve unbearable pain for the sufferer.  From Shakespeare to Shaw writers have remarked on how the agony of dental pain can lead to total distraction from all else.  Robert Burns even wrote an... More…