dental

Employee Benefits

Bupa completes Oasis Dental Care acquisition

Bupa has completed its acquisition of Oasis Dental Care, becoming a major dental provider, adding over 2m dental patients and more than 400 clinics.

clock 13 February 2017 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

Denplan completes 50/50 dental partnerships

Denplan has completed its first two 50/50 dental partnerships with practices in South Yorkshire.

clock 02 December 2016 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Denplan co-founder joins board of stem cell firm

WideCells Group, which is innovating the growing stem cells industry through the delivery of a stem cell insurance plan, has appointed the Co-Founder of Denplan, Dr. Marilyn Orcharton, as Non-Executive Director to its Board.

clock 13 June 2016 • 1 min read

PMI

Health Shield pays 97% of claims

Health Shield paid 486,595 claims in 2015, representing 97.0% of all claims submitted during the year.

clock 19 May 2016 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Denplan hits back at ASA advert ruling

Denplan has ‘strongly disagreed' with the Advertising Standard Agency's (ASA) decision that the insurer's recent ‘Doitforyourselfie' TV advert was misleading for viewers.

clock 17 February 2016 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Advertising watchdog upholds complaints against 'misleading' Denplan advert

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld complaints and prevented further broadcasts of a recent Denplan TV advert described as "misleading" by consumers who highlighted that cosmetic dentistry was not covered by the dental insurer.

clock 17 February 2016 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Dental absences costs UK economy £36m each year

Employees missing work due to oral health problems costs the UK economy an estimated £36.6 million each year, according to a The British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy.

clock 09 February 2016 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

Preventing and protecting against oral cancer

With over 7300 cases of oral cancer diagnosed each year, it is clear that more needs to be done to educate people on the risks of poor oral health writes James Goolnik.

clock 08 December 2015 •

Individual Protection

Mouth cancer now the tenth most common cancer in men

Cases of oral cancer are increasing and are now the tenth most common cancer in men according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK.

clock 10 November 2015 •

Employee Benefits

Denplan unveils national TV ad campaign with #doitforyourselfie

Denplan will be running a national TV advertising campaign throughout October connecting the importance of good oral health, visiting a dentist and the "selfie" phenomenon.

clock 08 October 2015 •