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over sugary sports drinks HIDDEN MENACE
The new president of the Irish Dental Association has highlighted the danger of high sugar sports drinks and protein shakes during her inaugural address to the profession. Dr Anne Twomey said that while most people
engaged in sport in Ireland are aware of the importance of hydration and a healthy diet, many are still unaware of the high sugar content in sports drinks. She also said that many patients participating in sports are presenting in practice with significant tooth decay and erosion. She said: “Clearly there are many benefits to
adopting healthy lifestyles. However, consumers have to be clear about what they and their children are consuming. Sports drinks, protein shakes, energy drinks, energy bars and fruit juices can contain anything from five to a dozen teaspoons of sugar. “ “We’ve even come across one drink which contained
ı4 teaspoons of sugar. Protein/meal replacement bars can be very damaging due to the sticky nature of the honey or syrup which is often included. Dried fruit also has a very high concentration of sugar also. “Tooth decay is always caused by sugar. Often
Unregistered dentist flees the country
ILLEGAL PRACTICE
A Hungarian dentist who had been previously struck off in the UK and his native Hungary has reportedly fled the country after it was discov- ered he wasn’t registered to practice in Ireland as well. Koppany Kiss, who set up the
Dental Magic clinic in Dublin’s Spencer Dock last year, was struck off by the General Dental Council in 2006 after he was charged with 38 counts of misconduct relating to eight patients at a practice in Peterborough. Among the complaints were
allegations that he pulled out healthy teeth, charged patients for treatment not carried out, as well as missing cases of periodontal disease and caries. He was also reported to have told one patient who complained of pain during treatment that he had “too many NHS patients to be gentle”. David O’Flynn, the Dental Coun-
cil’s registrar, said: “The issue is that the Dental Council can only
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uphold complaints against regis- tered dentists – we do not monitor dental clinics as under the ı985 Dentists Act, anyone can set up a surgery without registering,” said David O’Flynn. “As Mr Kiss was never registered,
or ever tried to register, with the Dental Council, his activities have gone unnoticed until now.” Dr Gregg Barry whose Docklands
Dental practice is round the corner from the now closed Dental Magic, said: “We are saddened by the actions allegedly taken by Mr Kiss of Dental Magic, as they damage the dental profession in the eyes of the public and undermine the efforts of other clinics endeavouring to provide high-quality care and service to their patients. “As the legislation governing dentists dates back to ı985, it is understandable how this incident was allowed happen, and it does not go far enough in protecting the public. Considering this recent revelation, we hope to see this legis- lation changed soon.”
my patients are unaware they are consuming sugar as they are labelled with other words. There are in fact 57 different words used instead of sugar such as sucrose, lactose, glucose, fructose etc.”
QUB specialist gives Swiss lecture
A restorative consultant and senior clinical lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) was invited to give a prestigious lecture at the University of Bern recently. Dr Gerry McKenna was asked to give the
Spring Invitational Lecture by Professor Martin Schimmel, head of gerodontology and remov- able prosthodontics and Professor Adrian Lussi, director of the Faculty of Dentistry. Dr McKenna, who is currently president
of the European College of Gerodontology, spoke on “Managing the ageing population: an evidence-based approach to gerodontology”. In his talk he discussed a range of issues, including dental management of older patients, nutritional outcomes and health economics. The former University College Cork lecturer
is a specialist in restorative dentistry and prosthodontics working as a consultant in the Belfast NHS Health and Social Care Trust. As well as clinical duties at QUB’s Centre for Dentistry, he also provides clinical supervision and teaching for dental undergraduates, is a senior lecturer based within the Centre for Public Health and a member of the Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group.
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