ISSUE 3, VOL. 4
Editor’s desk Bad decision?
with Bruce Oxley
Despite it being only a few short weeks since the Scottish Dental Show 2013 closed its doors, planning is already well under way for the 2014 event.
From our initial feedback, the event seems to have been another success, but we know we can always do better.
This is why we included the feedback form with every CPD form sent out after the show. If you could take five minutes and let us know what you thought was good, bad or indifferent, it would be a big help towards making next year’s conference and trade show even better.
Please don’t hold back in your praise or criticism, we can take it! Visit www.
surveymonkey.com/s/ SDS2013feedback
In other news, the GDC’s decision to allow suitably qualified DCPs direct access to patients has certainly got people talking. Our columnist Arthur Dent
(page 5) asks whether this is really such a bad decision and urges his colleagues to try to find the positive within. He argues that once the dust has settled down, dentists may well view the new arrangements as “opportunities rather than threats”.
However, that did not seem to be the consensus at the recent LDC conference in Stirling, where a motion to have an independent Scottish GDC was proposed and passed (see page 15).
One of the reasons behind the proposal was thought to be the direct access decision. The proposal itself stated that the written submission by the BDA and the voices of the profession had been drowned out by the consumerist lobby. On page 26 of this issue, we also have a retired GDP weighing in with their opinion on the matter. While acknowledging that hygienists and therapists
these days are highly skilled and trained to a high level, the author notes that the decision could have a negative impact on those dentists already in practice. The author, who didn’t want to be identified as they are still involved in the dental profession, goes on to ask what was the BDA doing to inform and warn its members of the upcoming decision.
What is clear at the moment is that nothing is particularly clear... And, while uncertainties abound, there will always be predictions of doom and gloom.
In the coming weeks and months it will be very interesting to note what effect this actually has. Please get in touch and let us know your thoughts.
® Bruce Oxley is the editor of Scottish Dental magazine. To contact Bruce, email bruce@
connectcommunications.co.uk
Contents June – July 2013
NEWS> 05 Column: biting back with Arthur Dent
06 Scottish Dental Show review
11 Dental pioneer honoured
12 Glasgow ranked best dental school
18 Class of ‘63 go back to school
FEATURES> 22 Interview with new BDA director for Scotland Pat Kilpatrick
26 A profession in disarray?
31 Practice profile
CLINICAL> 38 Fluoridation debate 46 The ‘oral fingerprint’, by Fiona Waddington
53 Restoration fundamentals
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