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Operational efficiency: the biggest mistakes your practice is making

Rasnaam Tiwana explains how dental practices can achieve peak operational efficiency, starting with simplifying payments, systems and tools. Clinically, dentistry…

Business

Dental Industry Awards 2025 – the winners

It is our pleasure to present the 2025 Dental Industry Award winners and highly commended – massive congratulations to all who…

Dentistry

GDC publishes updated guidance to ‘reduce fear and stress’ in dentistry

The General Dental Council (GDC) has this week published its updated decision-making guidance in a bid to reduce fear among registrants.…

Dentistry

Clear aligner web searches show 66% increase since 2022

Google searches for ‘clear aligners’ rose by two thirds between 2022 and 2024, according to new analysis. A further 23%…

Cosmetic Dentistry

Previous improvement to adult oral health has ‘almost reversed’ since 2009

More than one fifth of adults in England have a tooth with obvious decay, marking a ‘reversal’ of previous improvement,…

Dentistry

Why dentistry’s ORE booking system should not be down to ‘sheer luck’

‘We are dentists ready and willing to treat patients – yet we’re stuck fighting to prove our competence on an…

Dentistry

CQC and dentistry in 2025: from compliance to consequences

Join Jon Lawley on 16 December at 7pm as he discusses the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and dentistry in 2025,…

Business

Clinicians advised to carry out ultrasound before dermal filler treatments

Experts have suggested that ultrasound scans can detect poorly-placed fillers that are blocking blood vessels – prompting a recommendation for…

Dentistry

Referral chaos: are secondary care services for dentistry in crisis?

Neel Kothari asks why the process for referral to secondary care services in dentistry has become so complex, and what…

Columnists

Abolish tax on oral hygiene products, new campaign demands

Four in five UK parents believe oral hygiene products should be exempt from value added tax (VAT), according to a…

Dentistry

New specialist progression route announced in Scotland

Specialty dentists in Scotland who are able to demonstrate they possess and have been applying the skills and experience for…

Dentistry

Navigating surging supply chain costs in dental practices

Ads Thanki explores the factors causing supply chain costs to soar in dentistry – plus how you can manage your…

Business

Building on a successful conversion from NHS to private dentistry with Ant Davies

Are you considering a move from NHS to private dentistry? In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Ant…

NHS to Private

Feeling SAD? Tackling seasonal affective disorder in dentistry

Jenny Durkin explores the impact of seasonal affective disorder on dental professionals – what does the term mean, how can…

Dentistry

A new conversation: North of England Dentistry Show launches 2026 programme 

The rate of change in dentistry has never been higher – which is why the 2026 North of England Dentistry…

Dentistry

Dentistry’s Next Top Digital Dentist: the journey so far

Sheena Tanna, winner of Dentistry’s Next Top Digital Dentist, shares how her journey has ‘exceeded expectations’ and caught the attention…

AI & technology

Six ways to use psychology to improve oral health compliance

Syeda Amera Hussaini explores the psychology behind clean teeth and how an understanding of this can improve patients’ oral health…

Dentistry

Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to childhood caries

Lower levels of maternal vitamin D during pregnancy were associated with increased odds of early childhood caries in babies in…

Dentistry

Experts to design quieter dental drills to reduce dental anxiety

Experts are designing a dental drill that minimises noise without compromising efficiency as research shows its a key source of…

Patient management