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Emman- ouil Parisis admitted forging documents that showed he had died in a car crash while on holiday in Jordan, claim- ing a total of £1.85m in life insurance policies; he was sentenced last March for five years. The dentist, who re- portedly started a new life in Scotland after his insurance scam, has also been accused of falsifying documents to obtain work in Britain. Ac- cording to reports, Plym- outh Crown Court was in- formed that Parisis faked his own death because he was £395,000 in debt. It was also revealed that because of a string of complaints against his name, he was about to be barred from working as a dentist. At the time of writ- ing, Parisis was due to ap- pear under the name of Neil McLaren at a hearing of the Professional Conduct Com- mittee of the GDC in Lon- don on 24 February, accused of procuring entry on to the General Dental Council’s dentists register in the name of Neil Edward McLaren with the use of faked docu- ments. Tackling tooth decay NHS Cumbria has received extra funding of £1.5m to help in the battle to tackle tooth decay amongst the children in the region, health bosses have confirmed. The additional funding, which comes from the Department of Health in an effort to try and help reduce the rates of tooth decay in children, will be used to improve access to NHS dentists. The move will enable health bosses to ensure that all children are placed near a surgery close to their home and will help provide dental care for those children who have not seen a dentist for two years. Ac- cording to a report, figures published in the local press last summer revealed that children in Furness and South Lakes had the highest levels of decay in the coun- try, with 12-year-olds in the two districts having an av- erage number of decayed, missing or filled teeth of 1.6, compared to the national average of 0.8 per cent. The Primary Care Trust has a da- tabase, which ensures that people who have been wait- ing the longest get seen first. www.dental-tribune.co.uk The Genghis Khan way Michael Young on managing the CQC Impacted Canines Dr Nilesh Parmar discusses Maxillary canines Dental history Mhari Coxon on modern concepts News in Brief Clincial DCPsFeatureNews Contaminated killer Study authors issue warning after death page 6 pages 8-9 pages 20-21 pages 24-25 Dentistry: is the future bright? Leading figures debate the profession’s future at event W ith the recent con- troversy surrounding NHS reform, the pro- grammes being presented by key government figures, such as Chief Dental Officer for England Barry Cockcroft, and other lead- ers in dentistry at The Dentistry Show, are all the more timely given the development of the new dental pilots. Throughout the two day conference and exhibition, key policy makers will be inform- ing dentists of what lies ahead for the dental profession, whilst leading figures from the dental profession will be sharing their strategies and advice on what lays ahead for the future. Kevin O’Brien, Chairman, The General Dental Council and Chief Execu- tive and Registrar, Evlynne Gil- varry, will update delegates on the latest developments at the UK’s dental regulator including the review of ‘Standards for Den- tal Professionals’ and ‘Scope of Practice’. In addition, GDC staff will be on hand throughout the conference to answer any ques- tions delegates may have about the regulator and how its work affects them. It has also been announced that leading industry figures will be debating the trial of the new dental contract and the underly- ing issues concerning dentistry. A series of discussions on the growth of cosmetic and pri- vate procedures, non-invasive approaches to cosmetic den- tistry and the uncertain future for young dentists will also be discussed and debated in great detail. Chief Dental Officer, Barry Cockcroft, who will be discuss- ing the changing face of den- tistry, said: “Dentistry is going through a period of significant change. The drives for this change are many and varied. “The biggest challenge now is to tackle the inequalities be- tween the significant majority with good oral health, no ac- tive disease and improving ac- cess to services and the minor- ity who retain a high burden of disease and who to their own particular circumstances may still be unable to access appro- priate care. “Professor Jimmy Steele’s review of NHS Dental Services in England highlighted the particular challenge of deliver- ing care for the “heavy metal generation” whilst at the same time developing a workforce to meet the needs of the much more dentally fit generation that will follow. “The vast majority of pa- tients still access their care through the NHS but there has also been significant growth in the private sector, which in money terms is probably as large as the NHS sector at the moment. “There have recently been well publicised articles about the long term impact on healthy teeth, of elective cosmetic sur- gery, and what is the future for that market sector as oral health continues to improve, and how “the prefect smile” is no longer seen as the perfect smile.” DT