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  • Results - Dietary advice to prevent dental erosion

    Hi all, We have the results of this month's critical appraisal. The original question was submitted by Anh Lam: "How can dietary advice to prevent dental erosion be effectively delivered in UK general dental practice?" Happy reading and...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Liz Kay on 17 Dec 2009
  • SGH Research Day - what a great day!

    Yesterday (19th August) the Shirley Glasstone Hughes Trust Fund hosted a research day: "How to win funding for primary care based research projects". The day was attended by dental practitioners, DCPs, dental academics and those working within...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 20 Aug 2009
  • Welcome to the newly revamped Primary Care Dentistry Forum

    Hello and welcome to the newly revamped Primary Care Dentistry Research Forum. This website has been set-up for all you dentists and dental care professionals out there who can really tell us how the Shirley Glasstone Hughes research fund should best...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Liz Kay on 3 Jun 2009
  • Does routine scaling have any beneficial effects?

    Here is the State of the Art Statement in answer to that question. Don't forget to get your votes in to decide which question is the next topic for review! The current voting round will end at 8am Wednesday 31st March.
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 30 Mar 2010
  • September's Question of the Month is...

    Drum roll please... The votes have been counted and verified, and I can announce that this month's Question of the Month is: Gerodontology: Who is providing care for the frail elderly patient? Why is access for this group of patients worse than for...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Liz Kay on 3 Sep 2009
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  • October's Question of the Month

    The voting to decide this coming month's top question closed at Midday today. I can reveal that the top question which received a score of 55 is: Increasing Dental Attendance: What are the best ways of encouraging families in the deprived areas to...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 30 Sep 2009
  • *Call for Funding Applications*

    On the 24th April, the Shirley Glasstone Hughes Trust Fund announced that a £200,000 research budget has been made available to fund research into primary dental care. The Trust Fund invites applications from research teams that include practitioners...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Liz Kay on 26 Apr 2010
  • New round of voting

    Hi everyone, A new round of voting has begun, so please get your questions submitted and get voting once again. Whichever question gets the top spot by 5pm on the 29th September will go forward for a critical appraisal of the relevant evidence. September's...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 15 Sep 2009
  • How it all works...

    I am so pleased to see so many of you interacting and making use of our new website that I thought I would post something to just explain how it all works for all those new joiners out there. The main aim of this website is to get all you dentists and...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Liz Kay on 20 Oct 2009
  • We need more of your questions!

    Hi Everyone, We would like to ask more of you to add your questions to the voting section to be included in the next three rounds of voting. The voting rounds last for a period of one month, and at the end of each voting round the top question is put...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Liz Kay on 10 Mar 2010
  • Evidence Summary: Cross Infection in Dental Practice

    Hi All, You can now download the latest evidence summary in answer to the following top question: 'What benefit is delivered for the costs of the new decontamination regulations?' submitted by Yann Maidment. This question was developed for the...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 14 May 2010
  • Oral Health in Deprived Areas - the short answer

    Hi All, Here is the latest State of the Art Statement for last month's top question: Do people living in deprived areas define oral health differently from people who live in less deprived areas? The statement is available to download - the attachment...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 4 Mar 2010
  • State of the Art Statement - Dietary Advice to Prevent Dental Erosion

    Good Morning All, Here is the latest State of the Art Statement i.e. the short answer to the following question: "How can dietary advice to prevent dental erosion be effectively delivered in UK general dental practice?" The full results are...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 18 Dec 2009
  • Top Question this month

    The question which received the most votes this month was: Decontamination: What benefit is delivered for the costs of the new decontamination regulations? This question received the top score of 60 and was posted by Yann Maidment. Thanks everyone for...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 31 Mar 2010
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  • Prevention - New State of Art Statement

    Hello everyone, Here is the state of art statement in answer to the following question that was reviewed: What do dentists mean by 'prevention' when applied to what they do in their practices? This is the short answer to the question. If you would...
    Posted to Liz Kay by Beth Caines on 17 Feb 2010
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