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A dentist who treated jail in- mates has been given a 2.5-year prison sentence for defrauding the NHS. According to news reports, John Hudson was jailed for claiming more than £300,000 from the health service by billing twice for the same treatment. Hudson, 58, provided dental care for inmates at HMP Altcourse, a privately run facility at Fazaker- ley near Liverpool. Dental serv- ices at Altcourse were also con- tracted out and the dentist took advantage of a change in NHS ac- counting and billing systems in 2006. The court heard that a good part of the illegally gotten pay- ments went on fees for the edu- cation of his three children and holidays, but he now owes £40,000 and is being sued by the NHS for £500,000. Hudson admitted to two charges of dishonesty and ille- gally obtaining credit from the health service. Judge Graham Morrow QC, who sentenced Hudson yesterday at Liverpool Crown Court, said that Hudson had held a respected position in the community at the nearby town of Whitworth, but had com- mitted acts of blatant dishonesty that deprived patients of money that should have gone towards their care. It was revealed that Hudson was paid by HMP Alt- course but also claimed £307,000 over two years. It was also reported that Hud- son approached Liverpool Pri- mary Care Trust about a contract at the jail demanding £247,000 a year; he went on to accept half that figure.DT World News DENTALTRIBUNE Middle East & Africa Edition2 DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Middle East & Africa Edition Published by Education Zone in licence of Dental Tribune International GmbH © 2010, Dental Tribune International GmbH. All rights reserved. Dental Tribune makes every effort to report clinical information and manu- facturer’s product news accurately, but cannot assume responsibility for the validityofproductclaims,orfortypographicalerrors.Thepublishersalsodo not assume responsibility for product names or claims, or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not re- flect those of Dental Tribune International. Editorial Board Prof. Abdullah Al-Shammary, Restorative Dentistry, KSA Prof. Hussain F. Al Huwaizi, Endodontics, Iraq Prof. Samar Burgan, Oral Medicine, Jordan Dr. Abdel Salam Al Askary, Implantology, Egypt Dr. Talal Al-Harbi, Orthodontist, Qatar Dr. Mohammed H. Al Jishi, Bahrain Dr. Lara Bakaeen, Prosthodontist , Jordan Dr. Aisha Sultan, Periodontist, UAE Dr. Kamal Balaghi Mobin Aesthetics, Iran President/CEO Yasir Allawi y.allawi@dental-tribune.ae Director mCME: Dr. D. 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The dentist from Perthshire in the UK,whoalsoservesasChairman of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Advisory Board in Implant Dentistry, took over from Prof. Christoph Hämmerle, Switzerland, during the associa- tion’s recent congress in Glas- gow in October. He will serve as president for 2011/2012. The meeting also saw Prof. Søren Schou from Denmark in- statedasPresident-Elect.French Prof. Pascal Valentini from Paris will be taking over as new Secre- tary-General. ”Dentistry is still an ‘empiri- cal discipline’, relying on evi- dence to provide the most appro- priate way of treating patients. A very important part of the EAO’s philosophy is to bridge the gap between science and clinical practice.” Dr Stone told Dental Tribune Asia Pacific. “As presi- dent of this organisation I intend to ensure that this is further strengthened in a way that is rel- evant to modern practice.” Founded in Munich in Ger- many in the late 1980s, the EAO aimstopromoteandfacilitatere- search, clinical applications, and treatment methods based on the principles of osseointegration. The organisation’s recent con- gress in the UK focused on a wide range of surgical, prosthodontic and planning processes in im- plant dentistry. DT EAO votes first Brit for president Dr Paul Stone adressing the audience attheEAOcongressinGlasgow.(DTI/ Photo courtesy of the European Asso- ciationforOsseointegration,Belgium) Dentists from the Department of Preventative and Public Health Dentistry at the Seoul National University in South Korea have reported a decline of dental decay among children. Most improve- ment was observed in the age group 9 where, in 2006, over 40 per cent had lower caries levels compared to the year 2000. DT Koreankidshave betteroralhealth PolicymakersinPakistanhave urgedthegovernmenttocondemn thespreadofmedicalmalpractice through tougher restrictions on the registration of medical and dental personnel. According to the Pakistan Ministry of Health, over 200,000 doctors including 70,000 dentists currently practice without a licence. DT Malpracticein Pakistanspreads