Flame Health Dentistry are happy to hear that Implantium has been named the UK’s exclusive distributor of an innovative guiding tool. This tool makes implant dentistry more efficient and cost effective and eliminates the need to make individual drilling guides for each patient. As an Associate Dentist, are you using this product within your practice? […]

Flame Health Dentistry are currently working alongside two established practices in the Middlesbrough and Cornwall area. These roles are exclusive to Flame Health Dentistry! An Associate Dentist is required for the Cornwall area. This is a full-time position, offering up to 5000 UDAs and a private & Denplan list worth £72,000 P/A gross. The Middlesbrough […]

It has been a great week for Flame Health Dentistry. The team have been very busy after the May bank holiday and are looking forward to the weekend! This week Divisional Partner, David Holden and Junior Partner Natalia secured a placement that they had been working on for a while. It is great to see […]

A new survey conducted by the Adult Dental Health Survey has shown that a large proportion of people in the UK have poor oral hygiene. Disappointingly just 31% use mouth wash and only 22% floss. These dental routines need to be completed daily to reduce tooth decay and gum disease. Bad oral health leads to […]

It is worrying to hear that students from socio-economic backgrounds are being priced out of choosing dentistry as a career. Just one in six applications for dentistry last year were from students from a lower socio economic background. This could be mainly down to debt. Dental students on average are graduating with £25,545 of debt […]

Flame Health Dentistry have two new opportunities for Associate Dentists in the North Devon and the Hull area. Our client in North Devon is looking for a private Associate Dentist. This is a full time position. Experience needs to include facial work and this would need to be demonstrated at interview. The team at Flame […]

Researchers at The Royal College of Surgeons Dental Journal have suggested that Dentists should screen patients for signs of excessive drinking. Extreme alcohol consumption can lead to cancer of the mouth, larynx and oesophagus and sometimes Dentists are the first to identify mouth problems. As a dentist, do you think screening patients for such issues […]

In the past 35 years the number of people who have stopped smoking has dropped dramatically. However there is still 20% of the population still struggling to quit. These statistics have come from the General Household Survey and the General Lifestyle Survey. It has been brought to a dentists attention that they need to help […]

This week Guardian Careers conducted a Graduate survey. The survey was to find out the biggest challenges facing graduate job seekers. Flame Health were keen to read about the percentage of unemployed graduates by course. It was recorded that just 4.7% of graduates struggle to find work within medicine and dentistry, compared to a worrying […]

Flame Health Dentistry have just acquired some new and very exciting vacancies. These vacancies are exclusive to us and we are very happy to be working alongside our clients in sourcing excellent professional candidates. Take a read and contact us today if the below are of interest to you! Flame Health Dentistry are keen to […]

Flame Health Dentistry are please to read that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will release £28 million of funding so that the number of people able to visit the dentist increases. Funding will be given to PCT’s who have already bid for the money. The money will then be spent on expanding local services to meet […]

Flame Health Dentistry are keen to see the results from an online poll by the Forum of Private Business and Frank Taylor Associates. This survey is asking dental professionals what they view are the barriers to practice growth. Dentists are being asked how they plan to develop their practices over the coming year – including […]

From 1st March, dentists who advertise their services will be given guidance by the GDC so that information is clear and not misleading to the public. A website now needs to show details of their complaint procedure as well as contact information if a patient is not satisfied with the response. The guidance also makes clear […]

According to Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, local councils will be able to track health challenges when they take over looking after the health and wellbeing of their residents. Preventing cancer, cutting tooth decay in children and the population weighing less are just some of the challenges. From April next year, councils will be given a […]

As the deadline approaches Flame Health would like to remind all dentists not to miss the 31st December deadline to pay their annual retention fee. To speed up the process you can pay online on the GDC website. The fee has been frozen at 2010 prices and will be £576. If you do not pay […]