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CDO update

CDO Update (formerly CDO's Digest) is a newsletter sent by the Chief Dental Officer to all dentists and associated professionals in England. It incorporates topics that might otherwise have required an individual letter, progress reports on earlier letters, and other information from the Department of interest to practising dentists. It comes out twice a year, with occasional additional supplements.

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