Gaby Bissett

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Children’s oral health in England is ‘national disgrace’, says head of royal college

The poor state of children’s oral health highlights the widening inequalities in child health across England. This is according to the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Speaking to the The BMJ, Camilla Kingdom said health staff are seeing health inequalities widen as the cost of living crisis takes its toll…

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Dentistry’s 2022 round up

NHS contract changes, investigations into the state of NHS dentistry, three Prime Ministers – 2022 saw a lot of change in the UK. Here’s the top dental headlines of the year.  January ‘Completely demoralised’ – why the NHS targets have pushed me to go private As 2022 rolls in, NHS dental providers will now have…

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Nigel Jones’s review of 2022 and what we can expect going forward

We caught up with Nigel Jones, sales and marketing director at Practice Plan, who looks back over 2022 and reveals where he sees dentistry heading next year. How would you summarise 2022 for the dental profession? I think it’s been going through the most amazing amount of change that I’ve ever seen during the course…

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How AI improves the trust and confidence of dental patients

Millie Morrison explains how embracing artificial intelligence in practice has nurtured the rapport and trust with her patients.  Please tell us a bit about your AI journey I do a lot of digital treatment planning so this involves looking at the predictability and reliability of tooth movements with clear aligner systems. I’ve always been quite…

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How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 24 December 2022

Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dentists ‘growing more optimistic’ over NHS contract reforms Do you feel optimistic about NHS dental contract reforms? According to Lloyds Bank Healthcare Confidence Index, many dentists do. On top of this, around 70% of the dental profession still expects profits to…

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Injecting instead of layering – how a composite became an all-rounder in my dental practice

In this interview, Dr Frank-Michael Maier discusses direct restorative techniques, which for him are an integral part of everyday practice and the basis for minimally invasive and defect-oriented clinical action. In the field of direct restorations, he pays attention to high-quality materials that are universally applicable to various process technologies (eg injection moulding, snowplow, tunnel…

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Dentists ‘growing more optimistic’ over NHS contract reforms

Around 70% of the dental profession still expect profits to grow this year, with goodwill values remaining high. This is according to the Lloyds Bank Healthcare Confidence Index. The report shows that short-term confidence amongst dentists, GPs and pharmacists has declined during 2022. Despite falling by three points, the smallest drop on any of the…

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Align Technology to award research programs that advance orthodontic and patient care

Align Technology recently announced the opening of its 2023 Research Award Program to support clinical and scientific dental research in universities across the globe – including those in the UK and Ireland. This year, up to £250,000 ($300,000) will be awarded globally to university faculties for scientific and technological research initiatives to advance patient care…

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Will skill-mix be enough to save NHS dentistry?

A letter from Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, issued on 19 July, announced what were labelled as the first changes to the contract in 16 years and supposedly, the first stages of contract reform. The letter outlined a variety of measures, including a commitment ‘to address misunderstandings around use of skill mix in…


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