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 […]

A new survey conducted by The Foundation has shown that out of 250 patients, 88% would like to be checked for mouth cancer. The Foundation has estimated that around 90% of dentists regularly check for mouth cancer but only a small percentage discuss the issue directly with their patients. In the last decade, mouth cancer […]

Interesting news from Queen Mary, University of London has stated that bacteria living in the mouth provides the catalyst for the development of gum disease. This news could pave the way for development of preventive measures in tackling periodontal disease by manipulating the normal bacteria in the same way that probiotic yoghurt works to protect […]

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 by midnight on 31st […]

Flame Health are amazed to hear the findings from a decade of work by Future Health BIOBANK. This company are offering parents the opportunity of having the cells contained in their children’s first teeth, frozen and stored for potential future medical use. The reason for using teeth is that a tooth’s dental pulp contains a […]

The REC’s latest Job Outlook report has revealed that although employer confidence remains fragile, there are signs that employers are becoming more confident about longer-term hiring intentions. This is obviously great news for employees on the job market. The report found that over the next 12 months, 42 per cent of employers are planning to […]

The Office of National Statistics has stated that the number of people out of work has gone up by 114,000 to 2.57 million in the three month period up to August. Commenting on the latest figures, Tom Hadley, the REC’s Director of Policy and Professional Services, said: “This increase is one of the most substantial […]

Flame Health are happy to hear that there will be no increase in registration fees for dentists and dental care professionals in 2012. The decision by the GDC is in line with both the GDC’s own strategy and the Government’s command paper. This means that dentists will pay £576 b 31st December 2011 and dental […]

Flame Health Dentistry have received exciting news of several new and exclusive Dental Nurse opportunities. If you are a qualified and GDC registered Dental Nurse then get in contact! We have exclusive Dental Nurse Opportunities in established Dental Practices in Harrogate, London, Wales and a Dual Dental Nurse position in Crieff & Auchterarder. Flame Health […]

Flame Health are happy to hear that the British Dental Association has welcomed an agreement to amend the regulations governing the availability and use of tooth whitening products. New regulations now mean that products containing or releasing over 0.1% hydrogen peroxide cannot be sold directly to the consultant. Products that are over this percentage but […]

A report published today by the House of Commons Health Select Committee has negatively placed the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in the dentistry world as to how they have failed dentists across England. The report criticises the distortion of CQC’s priorities by a statutory deadline to register dentists and brands as ‘astonishing’ that it could […]

Permanent staff placements rose in August, similar to a rate from July, the Report on Jobs published by the REC and KPMG stated.  There was also a strong rise in candidate availability. This is the strongest rise since January 2010. However the number of vacancies available was at a low, the lowest in 9 months. […]

The British Dental Journal has suggested from research that dental anxieties could be overcome with a single session of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) The authors of the study, based on an initial pilot of 60 patients who relied on having intravenous sedation before they could undergo dental treatment, concluded that the benefits were of such […]

UK researchers have discovered a pioneering pain-free way of tackling dental decay that reverses the damage of acid attack and rebuilds teeth as new. The team’s solution is to arm dentists with a peptide-based fluid that is literally painted onto the tooth’s surface. The peptide technology is based on knowledge of how the tooth forms […]

A US study conducted in Michigan among children ages 2-5, has revealed that a liquorice lollipop can reduce the bacteria associated with tooth decay. In the study, 66 pre-school students were given a lollipop that contained liquorice root extract for 10 minutes twice daily for three weeks. The researchers used a saliva test to measure […]