It was probably inevitable that dentists would bite back at the claim from the Office of Fair Trading that many in the profession have been misleading patients into having unnecessary treatment. In fact, the vast majority of the public are happy with the care they receive, according to the British Dental Association. That may be so. But a significant minority – perhaps as many as 500,000 people – may have either been offered private treatment without being told of a cheaper NHS alternative, or, worse still, been given treatments they did not need.
Deborah Ross: Camping holidays with the kids – what's not to love?
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Patients 'misled by private dentists'
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Dentists may be misleading their patients about their NHS entitlements to prompt them to pay for private care, a watchdog has said.
How To Be Beautiful: Blemish treatments
Sunday 13 May 2012
One unexpected benefit of passing from teenage years into adulthood is that, if you're lucky, 10 per cent of your brain is no longer wasted on the daily monitoring of spots. The period of grace before that same 10 per cent is diverted to wrinkle-watch may be woefully brief, but since lines progress imperceptibly, it's impossible to maintain a vigil of the same intensity.
Dentists 'inventing work to defraud NHS'
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Dental surgeries are exaggerating or inventing work they have done for the National Health Service in order to swindle tens of millions of pounds out of taxpayers, according to a check up of dentists’ honesty.
Hitler postcard found at roadshow
Wednesday 02 May 2012
Adolf Hitler was surprisingly keen to return to the front line after being injured in the First World War, a recently-discovered postcard suggests.
Medics filmed 'offering female circumcision'
Monday 23 April 2012
Up to 100,000 women in Britain have been "circumcised", with medics across the country offering to carry out illegal genital mutilations on girls as young as 10, it was reported yesterday.
Salmond like Hitler, says Starkey
Thursday 19 April 2012
The ever controversial TV Historian Dr David Starkey has compared Alex Salmond to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Berlusconi 'paid off witnesses'
Friday 13 April 2012
Silvio Berlusconi has allegedly paid €127,000 (£100,000) to three women including Imma and Eleonora De Vivo, two twin TV showgirls.
Bacon is all over us – like a rasher...
Thursday 12 April 2012
Everything tastes better with bacon. Or so goes a flawed bit of mid-Noughties American wisdom.
Researchers link dental x-rays to brain tumours
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Frequent dental X-rays may significantly increase the risk of non-malignant brain tumours, say researchers.
The real stars of Mirror Mirror? Lily's brows
Thursday 05 April 2012
Prog-rock progeny Lily Collins hasn't inherited her hirsute features from her father Phil that's for sure, but her beetly brows are gracing bus stops and billboards as part of the publicity push for her film "Mirror Mirror".
Dentists 'should check for alcohol abuse'
Wednesday 04 April 2012
Dentists should screen patients for signs that they drink too much alcohol, researchers have said.
Why dental visits are hair-raising if you're a redhead
Sunday 25 March 2012
New research aims to determine whether having ginger hair makes you especially sensitive to pain








