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Welcome
Editor’sdesk Looking ahead
with Bruce Oxley
With 2011 still in its infancy we decided to ask a cross section of the dental community in Scotland what they were expecting from the year ahead.
Understandably the fallout from the global financial crisis features heavily in many of the answers we received, as it continues to cast a shadow over the profession and society in general.
I’m sure, like me, many of you are sick of hearing about credit crunches and double dip recessions, not to mention
quantitative easing and other abstract economic terms that have become all too familiar over the last year.
And, even though there were concerns over too much bureacracy and changes to pensions, not to mention remuneration and NHS budgets, there were still a few optimistic responses.
Childsmile, which we look at in greater detail on page 26, was highlighted as a big plus for the future of Scotland’s oral health,
Contents
NEWS> 05 Column: Biting back with Spencer Wells
06 New facility is first class
07 Fears for the future 07 Appeals deadline is extended
08 Cash boost for Childsmile
13 US to reduce fluoride level
FEATURES> 18 The year ahead: What does the future hold for dentistry?
30 Professor Andrew Smith talks about decontamination
34 Hew Matthewson: Accidents will happen
47 Nitrous oxide scavenging
54 Dementia and dental care
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PRODUCT NEWS> 72 All the latest products and services
and it is difficult to find an argument against that.
But, another issue that popped up was the thorny subject of water fluoridation. With an election in May I’m sure the politicians won’t touch it in the run-up, but after the ballot boxes have been put away maybe it will be time for the profession to put it back on the political agenda.
® Bruce Oxley is editor of Scottish Dental
magazine.To contact Bruce, email
bruce@connectcommunications.co.uk
SCOTTISH DENTAL MAGAZINE February/March 2010
37 Interview: Tim Power talks to Professor David Wray
CLINICAL> 42 Retaining patient satisfaction by Abid Faqir
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