Dentist and Dental Guide News 2007-08-03

It found nine in ten people think regular visits to the dentist are important to maintain healthy teeth and mouths, but almost one quarter said they hadnt seen a dentist for more than two years.

About 46 per cent of people reported it would be difficult for them to shell out the estimated usd. 300 for basic preventative treatment; and the same number said that cost of care influenced their decision to see a dentist regularly.

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We hope by questioning patients, the general public and dentists, we will be able to provide an accurate picture of NHS dental provision, whether it matches current government figures and the overall quality of care. "

The biggest shake-up of dentistry in 50 years was supposed to improve access to services, but the Department of Health revealed in February that many patients were resorting to emergency treatment and 2m people in England could not find NHS dentists. To add your experiences to Dentistry Watch call 01225 701120 or email lucieclarke@ .

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She said the dental group fees run about 20 to 40 percent lower than private practices to help make visits more affordable to seniors. The clinic also offers flexible payment plans. She said the clinic has three part-time dentists and is looking to expand its staff. The wheelchair-accessible facility includes oversized examining and treatment rooms.

In June, Geriatric Dental Group opened the clinic aimed at people 55 and older and those in wheelchairs. The group opened a similar senior clinic in Portland more than 30 years ago and looked to expand in Washington. The Washington Dental Service Foundation gave the non-profit group a usd. 225,000 grant to help get it started.

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A new non-profit dental clinic aimed at seniors has opened in Federal Way.

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A Mountain Brook dentist and his Vestavia Hills business partner have invested usd. 500,000 in turning a long vacant, 90-year-old drug store into a state-of-the-art pediatric dental clinic in Woodlawn aimed at children from low-income families.

We feel that just because you are poor, that doesnt mean that you cant have quality medical care. If we were going to do it, we were going to do it right," McSpadden said. Smith still works at his practice in Mountain Brook and consults with the dentists at Smiles for Keeps.

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He contacted Cirby dental and found some big changes underway. First, the name is changing. Second, it has new owners. They say theyve heard from a number of patients with a variety of complaints. They also say they want to try to make them happy. Kurtis also tried to contact the former owner, Dr. Sohail Hakimi, he has not returned his latest call.

Jackies journal tells a frustrating tale of appointments canceled without notice, and a pair of painful crowns and partials completed as she saw at least eight-different dentists, and more than usd. 3,900 paid in advance.

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And a Washington supreme court ordered the insurer to pay him a total of usd. 1m ( and pound;490,000) after deciding the prank was an integral, if odd, part of the assistants dental surgery and conceivably should trigger the professional liability coverage of his policy.

Dr Woo, of Auburn, Washington, had put in the false tusks while the woman, Tina Alberts, was under anaesthesia for a dental procedure. He took them out before she awoke, but first took photos that eventually made it around the office.

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With many dental treatments simply not available on the NHS and the cost of private dental work rocketing, many people in the UK have neglected their dental health and shied away from much needed treatments. However, we are now seeing a dramatic change as a result of low cost treatments available from professional dental teams working in top quality clinics abroad. One of the major players in this rapidly growing market is the Kreativ Dental Clinic, which is owned by Attila Knott, also known as Attila the Gum, and is based in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Hungary has established itself as a highly respected centre for dentistry and incredibly a third of all Austrians now choose to cross the border to Hungary for their dental treatment.

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The early days of dentistry were filled with attempts at making patients comfortable. These attempts were usually through the use of an anesthetic gas. Our medical colleagues had been making the same attempts to be able to anesthetize patients and these attempts spilled over into dentistry. Early attempts using either nitrous oxide (laughing gas) or ether ended in tragedy. At least one patient died. Another attempt to complete a dental procedure in front of medical colleagues with nitrous oxide ended up with the patient not being anesthetized enough and the dentist being chased out of the operating theater as a sham. This once again reinforced dental procedures as being painful.

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Jagielko says CIGNA is keen to work more closely with intermediaries: This is our primary distribution channel and we support intermediaries as much as we can, through basic product training, information on changes to NHS and private dentistry, explaining how different products on the market work, and promotional support. If an intermediary wants to run a dental plan marketing campaign, we will help.

Its been a bit of a slow burner, she says. People only see their dentist every six months or so, and are just beginning to understand how difficult it is to get NHS dental care, and how expensive it is to pay for private treatment. We have seen a big increase in take-up on flexible benefit plans in the last six months.

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Providers of dental cover are rightly putting more effort into the intermediary channel. But is it really childs play as they claim it is, asks Harvey Jones