
Dentistry in the news; earnings and expenses
DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 6 Earnings and expenses: Show me the Money On the 10th September 2015 the Health and Social Care Information Centre published its initial report on Dental earnings and expenses for 2013/14. The report revealed a decrease of 21% in real terms for practice owners’ earnings, who in 2008 were earning on average £145,800 compared with £115,200 in 2013/4. For associates...Read More
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Importance of Consent
DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 5 Every dentist knows how important it is to obtain consent from a patient before conducting any physical examination or undertaking treatment on a patient. In this article we look at the legal issues surrounding consent, namely the definition and consequences of not obtaining it. Valid Consent There is no statute setting out the definition of consent; the principles...Read More
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