Articles and features 27/09/2018 Grey areas in clinical decision-making Preview Article Grey areas in clinical decision-making Time to read article: 6 mins () ★ Close Preview Robert Caplin, senior teaching fellow, King’s College London, looks at how properly weighing up the various factors in a decision can benefit both practitioner and patient. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Decision Making
31/08/2014 Confronted By Kids Preview Article Confronted By Kids Time to read article: 6 mins () ★ Close Preview My undergraduate exposure to paediatric dentistry was 'patchy' at best. I was the student assigned the child that failed to attend or the child that needed impressions for an orthodontic appliance. Three years ago, I would have described my paediatric specialities as the acclimatisation visit and the general anaesthetic consent form. Still, I passed my competencies and graduated, despite never having given a child an ID block nor taken out a tooth from a conscious patient. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Decision Making
Press release 12/08/2019 40% of claims costs relate to treatment started over ten years ago Preview Article 40% of claims costs relate to treatment started over ten years ago Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview New data published by Dental Protection reveals that almost 40% of its estimated annual claims costs in 2018 related to cases where treatment started ten or more years ago before the claim was made. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Claims
Articles and features 09/08/2019 Understanding the effect of late reported claims Preview Article Understanding the effect of late reported claims Time to read article: 4 mins () ★ Close Preview Dr Yvonne Shaw, Head of Underwriting at Dental Protection, explains why when it comes to a defence organisation, you need to be thinking 25 years ahead Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Claims Periodontics
Case study 09/08/2019 Leaving a sour taste in the mouth Preview Article Leaving a sour taste in the mouth Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Associate dentists leave their current practice for a variety of reasons,and occasionally this can be due to a breakdown in communication and issues surrounding working relationships within the practice. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Communication