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Looking Forward, Stepping Back

From Volume 51, Issue 11, December 2024 | Pages 745-746

Authors

Ewen McColl

BSc(Hons), BDS, MFDS, FDS RCPS, MCGDent, MRD RCS Ed, MClinDent, FDS RCS(Rest Dent), FHEA, FDTF(Ed), , BSc (Hons), FCGDent, FDTFEd, FFD RCSI

BSc (Hons), BDS, FDS RCPS, FCGDent, MRD RCS Ed, MClinDent, FDS RCS(Rest Dent), FDTFEd, FFD RCSI, FHEA, Head of School, Director of Clinical Dentistry, Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth

Articles by Ewen McColl

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The close of one year and the beginning of another is often a time for reflection, with high hopes for the year ahead as we contemplate the year just past. Reflecting on a year of Dental Update, the articles, webinars and editorials of the previous year often tell a story of the current status of dentistry nationally and internationally, giving an indication of advances made and change that's needed.

January 2024 saw an Editorial asking whether change in legislation, meant the ‘End of the road for dental amalgam’;1 however, as the year progressed there was some dispensation, and realization that patients in often under-represented groups might be the ones to be affected most negatively by this legislative change. As the year progressed the November Editorial saw a discussion on “Amalgam, trams and Northern Ireland’,2 highlighting the law of unintended consequences, with 92% of dentists in Northern Ireland being concerned that a ban would have reduced NHS activity and increased costs. This all comes at a time when NHS dentistry and those involved wait expectantly for contract reform, with the hope that the year ahead will bring some change and improvement in access to dental services.

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