He added: "The way the NHS contract works they can get so many Units of
Dental Activity payments for each quadrant of the mouth.
COL Greenwood is Commander, Fort Benning
Dental Activity, Fort Benning, Georgia.
Under the new contract introduced last April, dentists are paid for carrying out a set number of Units of
Dental Activity (UDAs) over the course of the year.
Adolescent's health beliefs and acceptance of novel preventive
dental activity: Replication and extension.
"We are now undertaking a new procurement exercise to increase
dental activity in North Wales and utilise the available funding, and will be reporting to Welsh Government on the planned expenditure of our full allocation for the next financial period."
COL Breault is a Periodontal Mentor, Advanced Education in General Dentistry--1 Year Training Program, US Army
Dental Activity, Fort Carson, CO.
Since April 2006, NHS dentists in England and Wales have been paid according to how many Units of
Dental Activity they do in a year, rewarding dentists for completed treatment on the basis of a "points" system, which the BDA said has fuelled waiting lists.
The clinic setting is no different than a typical clinic located in a
dental activity. To maintain proficiency in the field settings, the 618thDCAS/DENTAC Korea conducts a Situation Training Exercises (STX) twice a year and culminates in the annual Field Training Exercise (FTX).
Ms Jones said: "In April 2006 the payment system changed to what's called a 'unit of
dental activity'.
Dental practices are commissioned and contracted by Primary Care Trusts to deliver local dental services, although with the abolishment of PCT's the new NHS Commissioning Board will now take responsibility for contracting
dental activity. Dentists are paid by the NHS dependent on the level of activity they undertake - known as 'Units of
Dental Activity' (UDA's), with all clinical activity assigned an UDA value.
They said Beech Cottage Dental Practice was previously providing 13,000 units of
dental activity (UDAs) for the NHS.