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“More than a man for all seasons”
OBITUARY
Colleagues, friends, family and patients have all paid tribute to Clarkston practi- tioner John Dunn, who was tragically killed in a road traffic accident on 17 April. In his obituary, published in The Herald on 30 April, Brian Lynas wrote: “With his fair- mindedness and innate ability ‘to walk in the other man’s moccasins’, he would be the first to say that in every tragic accident, there will always be two victims and two victims’ families.” Lynas continued: “Johnny Dunn was more than a man for all seasons. He was a man for every day packed with maximum input in all areas of his life. He was never a yesterday man. He will always be to his family and friends a man who lived for the present.”
He is survived by his wife Carol, his children John Bernard, Joseph, Ruth and Richard, his mother, three brothers and a sister.
BDA criticises inquiry
Research. OFT report “takes simplistic view of dental care”
The British Dental Asso- ciation (BDA) has strongly criticised the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) inquiry into dentistry, saying it fails to fully understand the profession. The association also
expressed disappointment at the way the publica- tion has been reported in the mainstream media, arguing that “the OFT’s own acknowledgement of the high levels of patient satisfaction with dental care appear to have been set aside in favour of headline- grabbing statistics”. Dr Susie Sanderson,
Chair of the BDA’s Execu- tive Board, said: “Research by bodies including the regulator of dentistry, the General Dental Council, confirms that the vast majority of patients are happy with the care they receive. The Office of Fair Trading’s own research also confirms this to be the case.
Tayside orthodontist is honoured by RCSEd
HONOURS
Tayside consultant orthodontist Grant McIntyre was one of five individuals honoured for their outstanding achievements in dentistry at a ceremony at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). Dr McIntyre received a Fellowship in Dental Surgery without Examination alongside Dr Randy Huffines, director of geriatric dentistry at Tennes- see’s VA Medical Centre.
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Two other individuals received Honorary Fellow- ships in Dental Surgery – Paul Sharpe, Dickinson professor of craniofacial biology and head of the Department of Craniofacial Development at King’s College London, and Stina Syrjanen, professor of oral pathology at Turku University in Finland. Professor Wayne J Sampson, P Raymond Begg chair in orthodontics at the University of Adelaide, received the Fellowship in Dental
“Where patients do have
concerns about their care, it is clearly important that they have an effective complaints process. This is helpful for dentists and patients alike and dentists support the goal of making the process as simple as possible. “The delivery of effective
dental care is all about good communication between dentists and patients. That communication will not be enhanced by the OFT’s headline-grabbing approach to publicising this report. That it has chosen to ignore what it knows about patient satis- faction and instead focus
on a very small number of cases where it believes it has identified problems is disappointing. “This report treats dentistry purely as a market, and dental care as a commodity. In doing so, it has taken a simplistic view of dental care that fails to take into account the huge sums of money dentists invest in surgeries and ignores the unique role in screening and diagnosis that dentists are trained to perform. Dentistry is not a commodity; it’s the delivery of healthcare to real patients. Failing to under- stand that serves neither dentists nor patients well.”
Grant McIntyre picks up his award from RCSEd’s dental dean Prof Richard Ibbetson
Dr Susie Sanderson
Surgery ad hominem.
Dean of the Dental Faculty at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Professor Richard Ibbetson, said: “The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is delighted that our
guests have joined us to receive three of the College’s most prestigious awards. “They have each made unique and lasting contribu- tions to education and advance- ment in dentistry.”
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