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A summary of the rules on tooth whitening by dental care professionals. This should be read in conjunction with the Position Statement on Tooth Whitening which was updated 28 February 2013.

Changes to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for all dental registrants start in 2018.

In a survey of over 1500 dentists, 94 percent said they feel it has become easier to bring a claim for clinical negligence than ever before and 90 percent said they are increasingly fearful of being sued. 87 percent said they support changes to the legal system to tackle the rising cost of clinical negligence.

Dental Protection has welcomed the General Dental Council’s (GDC) commitment to provide greater clarity on how and when it will use its formal Fitness to Practise enforcement powers as a solution to managing serious risk to patients.

A Judicial Review brought by Dental Protection has found that the General Dental Council (GDC) was wrong to deny a dental practitioner the right of review after receiving an unpublished warning.1

In November 2015, the GDC changed the rules on registration to ensure that all Dentists and Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) have a statutory requirement to maintain adequate and appropriate indemnity when practising dentistry in the UK.

In November 2015, the GDC changed the rules on registration to ensure that all Dentists and Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) have a statutory requirement to maintain adequate and appropriate indemnity when practising dentistry in the UK

When the General Dental Council decided to allow certain DCPs direct access to patients as of 1 May 2013, many questions arose. Dental Protection sets out its stall in this article...

PHE's new guidance, allowing healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses to perform a wider range of procedures, is welcomed by Dental Protection.