Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition No.3, 2017

2 UK NEWS Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition | 3/2017 “Sedation or no sedation?” Trouble for single-handed practices By DTI LONDON, UK: Proﬁ ts of sin- gle-handed practices in the UK have slumped by almost 12 per cent in the last two years, indicat- ing that the model may be a thing of the past. According to ﬁ gures re- leased in the latest Benchmarking Report by the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers (NASDAL), the aver- age proﬁ t per principal in a sin- gle-handed practice was only slightly above £105,000 in 2016, compared with £119,732 in 2014. In contrast, practices with as- sociates achieved a net average proﬁ t per principal of £138,511 last year. The problems, according to Ian Simpson, a chartered accountant and a partner in Humphrey & Co., which carries out the statistical analysis on behalf of NASDAL, could be linked to increasing costs in compliance and a general feel- ing among sole practitioners that they are unable to increase their fees. “As a ‘compliance culture’ continues unabated, the future will be difﬁ cult for those going it alone,” he commented regarding the ﬁ gures. “Whilst it is good news to see success for the majority of the sec- tor, the increasing cost of compli- ance is a cause for concern,” added Nick Ledingham of Morris & Co. specialist dental accountants and Chairman of NASDAL. “The arrival of Making Tax Digital will do noth- ing to allay dentists’ fears that they are victims of a system that doesn’t understand how they do busi- ness.” Reﬂ ecting the ﬁ nances of dental practices and dentists for the most recent tax year, NASDAL’s annual benchmarking statistics are gathered from its accountant members across the UK, who together act for more than a quarter of self-employed dentists. The ﬁ ndings also in- cluded an increase of average net proﬁ t per principal at NHS prac- tices from £129,265 in 2015 to £134,102 in 2016 and a slight drop of average proﬁ ts of associates from £68,024 to £67,389 in the same period. Negative effects of dental phobia conﬁ rmed the researchers tioners could help reduce acute conditions with preventative care, recom- mended. A preventative pro- gramme for those with dental phobia, focusing on what can be done to help them avoid acute conditions, is being developed at the institute, they said. 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Krejci, Conservative Dentistry, Switzerland Dr Edward Lynch, Restorative, Ireland Dr Ziv Mazor, Implantology, Israel Prof. Dr Georg Meyer, Restorative, Germany Prof. Dr Rudolph Slavicek, Function, Austria Dr Marius Steigmann, Implantology, Germany Published by DTI DENTAL TRIBUNE INTERNATIONAL Holbeinstr. 29, 04229, Leipzig, Germany Tel.: +49 341 48474-302 Fax: +49 341 48474-173 info@dental-tribune.com www.dental-tribune.com Regional Ofﬁ ces: UNITED KINGDOM 535, Stillwater Drive 5 Manchester M11 4TF Tel.: +44 161 223 1830 www.dental-tribune.co.uk DT ASIA PACIFIC LTD. c/o Yonto Risio Communications Ltd, Room 1406, Rightful Centre, 12 Tak Hing Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel.: +852 3113 6177 Fax: +852 3113 6199 DENTAL TRIBUNE AMERICA, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10011, USA Tel.: +1 212 244 7181 Fax: +1 212 224 7185 © 2017, Dental Tribune International GmbH By DTI LONDON, UK: One in three adults in the UK are estimated to have a persistent fear of going to the dentist. The fact that the phobia can lead to more active caries and missing teeth has recently been conﬁ rmed by researchers at King’s College London Dental In- stitute. The ﬁ ndings were based on their analysis of data on thou- sands of Brits from the 2009 Adult Dental Health Survey with the aim of exploring common oral health conditions of those with dental phobia. According to the study, people with dental phobia are more likely to have one or more de- cayed teeth, as well as missing teeth, in comparison with non- phobic people, as they avoid see- ing a dentist on a regular basis to have potentially chronic, but pre- ventable, oral conditions treated. Most adults with dental pho- bia also preferred an immediate solution, such as extraction, in- stead of undergoing a long-term care plan, the paper also showed. In addition to oral health, re- lated quality of life was also poor among those with dental phobia, the researchers further noted, with a large majority showing a high impact on their physiologi- cal, psychological, social and emotional well-being, even when levels of dental disease were con- trolled. “Other research has shown that individuals with dental pho- bia express negative feelings such as sadness, tiredness, discourage- ment and general anxiety, less vi- tality and more exhaustion,” ex- plained King’s Dr Ellie Heidari, lead author of the study. “Embar- rassment at their poor teeth will prevent them from smiling and showing their teeth.” By providing phobic patients with a detailed at-home oral healthcare plan, dental practi- The study, titled “The oral health of individuals with dental phobia: A multivariate analysis of the Adult Dental Health Survey, 2009”, is to be published in the second April issue of the British Dental Journal. 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