Month: October 2008

The Irish dental industry in person: Gerard Lavery

How did you become involved with the dental industry?Having lived in France for a year as an undergraduate, I became…

Dentistry

Building up your case acceptance levels

The KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) concept applies to dentistry as much as to any other business. In a busy…

Dentistry

An open and closed case for health

There are two things that dentists are generally noted for: saying ‘open wide’ and asking questions when their patients are…

Dentistry

A pain in the neck for the profession

Dental surgery clinical skills in almost all dental schools around the world get the operator to work around the phantom…

Dentistry

Leading the way in implant case presentation

As extraordinary as it may sound, your desire to become more involved with implants could actually be hindered by your…

Dentistry

A flexible career option

Times are changing, especially if you are considering a career in oral surgery. Since this area of dentistry became a…

Dentistry

‘Once a clinician, always a clinician’

Q. How did you get where you are today? A. I arrived in the US as a refugee from the…

Dentistry

Has your practice got the X Factor?

I was recently privileged to attend a team meeting at Elmsleigh House Dental Clinic in Farnham, Surrey – the principal…

Dentistry

A war of words

The jury is still out on the question of what (in particular) prompted the Department of Health to release the…

Dentistry

Oral health promotion and prevention: an alternative approach

We dental professionals acknowledge that oral health is an important aspect of general health and well-being. Oral diseases are readily…

Dentistry

Call for nationwide ban on sugary snacks

Britain’s leading oral health charity has called for a UK-wide ban on sales of fizzy drinks and sugary snacks on…

Dentistry

Dealing with parents

Many of you are now well aware that as part of my VT scheme I divide my time between general…

Dentistry

IDA calls for VAT relief in run up to budget

Dentistry

Hats off to graduating orthodontic therapists

The first students to become qualified orthodontic therapists have graduated from the University Hospital’s Bristol NHS Foundation Trust’s Bristol Dental…

Dentistry

Fines proposed for missed appointments

Patients who miss their dental appointments would face a £10 penalty charge under plans being considered by the Liberal Democrats.…

Dentistry

Botox guidelines for dentists to be clarified

Feedback from dental professionals confused over guidance regarding non-surgical cosmetic procedures (NSCP) has prompted a promise by the General Dental…

Dentistry

Minister for Health opens Trinity Health Sciences Offices

Dentistry

Dentists in call-up to aid homeless

Dentists are urgently needed to check and fix the teeth of the capital’s homeless this Christmas. The check ups will…

Dentistry

Dentistry DoH bows to critics

The Government has bowed to Parliamentary critics by accepting key findingsof a damning report into the NHS dental contract. The…

Dentistry