In development

A TV production company is currently in the throes of putting together a new docusoap that centres around a busy UK dental surgery. The Dentist is to be a TV programme similar to Vets in Practice. After requests for dentists interested in the project to make contact, the makers of the show had a great response and have now whittled down the choice to three surgeries. The next stage is for one of the practices to be chosen to star in the show. Watch this space!

Decade for ONG

This month sees the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Orthodontic National Group. During the past 10 years the group has initiated the Certificate in Orthodontic Nursing, the new PCD class of orthodontic therapists and has contributed to continued professional education. The group has held 14 regional study days, nine dental nurse days at the British Orthodontic Conference and two annual competitions.

MPTs look elsewhere

The Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthestists and Technologists (MPTs) has decided to seek statutory registration via the Health Professions Council rather than the GDC.

The decision follows a policy change at the Department of Health, which felt that it would be more appropriate for the MPTs to be registered amongst other groups of healthcare scientists, as most of the work undertaken by MPTs is non-dental.

Training top up

The GDC is considering the possibility of an educational provider developing ‘top-up’ training for dental nurses who have some experience but not enough to meet the grandparenting requirements when the PCD register opens. This would provide a route by which such dental nurses could become registered.