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The College has responded to changes to the NHS England dental contract announced by the Chief Dental Officer for England, Sara Hurley FCGDent. Dental therapists will soon be able to accept patients for NHS treatments, providing fillings, sealants and preventative care for adults and children. Providers will also be able to claim for five Units … Continue reading College welcomes NHS England contract changes

Tashfeen Kholasi and Patricia Thomson have been elected as the College of General Dentistry’s Vice Presidents for 2022-23, and Louise Belfield, John Stanfield, Bill Sharpling and Sarah Hill have been re-appointed to their roles providing representation of the wider dental team on the College Council. Patricia Thomson FCGDent, Council representative for the West and North … Continue reading Vice Presidents and dental team representatives 2022-23

The College has launched its much-anticipated Professional Framework, which describes the expected level of a dental practitioner’s capabilities at each stage of their careers. Aimed at providing recognition of professional development and promoting job satisfaction and workforce retention, Career Pathways in Dentistry: Professional Framework sets out the knowledge, skills and other attributes which define each … Continue reading College launches Professional Framework for dental careers

The College has endorsed the menopause policy and advice recently published by the British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN).

The special anniversary edition of the Primary Dental Journal, The General Issue – part 2, is now online. Due to the number of high-quality papers submitted this year, the annual General Issue, which covers a wide range of subjects relevant to the primary dental care team, has been published in two parts, with Part 1, … Continue reading Anniversary PDJ issue now online

The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) has announced the results of recent elections to its Council, with two new members elected, and five re-elected. (l-r, top row first) New CGDent Council Members-Elect Subir Banerji and Sagi Shavit, and re-elected Council Members Helen Kaney, Eldo Koshy, Patricia Thomson, Yann Maidment and Sami Stagnell Subir Banerji FCGDent … Continue reading New members elected to College Council

An updated and expanded version of the College’s research guidance is now available in print and as an e-book.

The College has announced that it will be launching its much-anticipated Professional Framework next month. Guests celebrating the launch of the College at Barber-Surgeons’ Hall, where the Professional Framework will be launched next month at the Fellows’ Summer Reception The Professional Framework will describe the knowledge, skills and other attributes that primary care dentists and … Continue reading Professional Framework for general dental professionals to be launched

The College of General Dentistry has published new guidelines on mentoring in implant dentistry. Mentoring in Implant Dentistry: Good Practice Guidelines describes the nature of mentoring which should be undertaken in order to safely carry out implant dentistry following completion of an appropriate training course, including: the experience, skills and qualities expected of a mentor … Continue reading College publishes new national guidelines on implant dentistry mentoring

Colleagues are reminded that Sunday 28 August 2022 is the deadline for all dental professionals other than dentists to submit an annual CPD statement detailing professional development activity undertaken between and 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022. The GDC requires dental therapists, dental hygienists, orthodontic therapists and clinical dental technicians to complete a minimum … Continue reading CPD submission reminder