Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

February 27-March 4, 201214 Comment United Kingdom Edition OneYear Implant Dentistry Course 15 days of lectures, practicals, live surgery, restoration & observation 6 Hrs CPD per day. Manchester £425 + VAT per day London £499 + VAT per day Deposit £600 T: 01616023128 E: enquiries@tiptontraining.co.uk www.tiptontraining.co.uk For more information please visit our website: Place & Restore Implants on Live Patients to O setYour Course Fee! Course information: Starts March 2012 in Manchester and London ‘I placed 9 implants in the first 6 days of the course.’ Dr Marius Swanepoel ‘As I have identified implant cases in my existing patients, the course has already paid for itself several times over.’ Dr Ayzaaz Akram B.D.S., M.Sc., D.G.D.P., U.K. Dr. Paul A.Tipton SpecialistinProsthodontics.President, BritishAcademyofRestorativeDentistry. Gain the clinical skills to place and restore implants Build your con dence tackling more complex techniques in follow-on clinics Stop referring work elsewhere to maximise your earnings Up-front payment offers & extended payment plans available. Case Selection, Consent & Flap Design Choosing The Right Implant Aesthetics In Implantology Implant Placement Techniques & Impression Taking Full Arch Bridgework / ALL-ON-4 & Angled Implant Placement CT Scans, Imaging and Treatment Planning Sinus Lifts, Bone Grafts and Augmentation Pink Porcelain or Bone Grafts Single Tooth Implants Overdentures - Ball / Sockets / Bars Peri-implantitis Screw / Cement Retained Restorations Immediate Implant / Immediate Loading Implants Occlusion, Facebows & Articulators Private Practice Conversion Laboratory Techniques Prices quoted are for con rmed bookings made before 29 February 2012. Places are subject to availability. T’s & C’s apply. See website for details. Tipton Training reserves the right to amend prices and change its terms and conditions at any time. Topics covered CallforIm plant CashBack Schem e Course revised for 2012. Now with added mentoring & follow-on surgical days. Call usfo r Book before 29 Feb’12 * Special O ers B DA chair Susie Sander- son OBE, recently said it was the worst time in history to be a dental associate – and I think many of us would absolutely agree. The imple- mentation of the UDA payment system messily dissected the profession seeing a large pro- portion of power swing towards government. Front line staff such as dental associates no longer claimed a fee from the NHS but rather through a mid- dle-man, the practice owners. The 2006 dental contract was made between PCTs and prac- tice owners (not necessarily dentists) who in turn engaged in contracts with dental associ- ates - and with it all hell broke loose. What a crazy situation we are now in where a dental pro- fessional can accept an asso- ciate position for a ridiculous sum of money (£7.50/UDA low- est rate found online) without having a clue as to the need in the local area or the full rate received by the practice own- ers. £7.50/UDA could actually be pretty fair for a well main- tained stable list of patients who require little or no work, but without knowing the full rate, how on earth is an asso- ciate meant to know exactly how much work is needed per UDA? For example if an asso- ciate received £7.50/UDA on a high risk list of patients there are strong perverse incentives to either undertreat or restrict treatment options, which in my opinion really is not fair for as- sociates or for patients. Dental associates and those newly qualified entering into our profession have probably been affected most by the 2006 contract. All too frequently they are placed in a very difficult po- sition, whereby in order to get a job they have to accept UDA targets not really designed for them, levels of remuneration based on the realities of supply and demand rather than clini- cal need and the full liability of clinical decision making. At the same time this subgroup is being held to an exceptionally high standard, constantly wor- rying about the threat of litiga- tion and practising defensive dentistry. Dental associates do have a range of options to sup- port them in providing a first class service to their patients, but without the financial sup- port structured into the UDA Dental Associates: SOS Neel Kothari discusses the problems surrounding UDAs ‘What a crazy situ- ation we are now in where a dental professional can accept an associ- ate position for a ridiculous sum of money (£7.50/UDA lowest rate found online) without having a clue as to the need in the lo- cal area or the full rate received by the practice owners’