The 1999 BDA Heathrow Timings inquiry

In the summer of 1999 the BDA conducted a timings Inquiry in order to provi de information on treatment timings within the General Dental Services (GDS ) and to develop a model of an hourly rate for general practice. A panel of dentists measured the absolute time taken to carry out 21 key treatments. The relative times of related treatments were then estimated. The panel als o come to consensus about the variables to construct the hourly rate model. The absolute timings exercise was applied to the hourly rate model in orde r to draw some conclusions about the average earnings of a full-time dentis t committed to the NHS. This information formed a! central part of the BDA' s 1999 evidence to the Doctors and Dentists Review Body.