Gaby Bissett

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Dentistry Census – mental health worsened by pandemic

Two-thirds of dental professionals say their mental health worsened during the pandemic. Many revealed that they felt ‘nervous’, ‘depressed’ and ‘insecure’ as a result of working within dentistry.   Almost one in four (23%) revealed they have sought help for their mental health. Additionally, a shocking 14% had contemplated suicide. This is according to FMC’s Dentistry…

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Almost one third in UK considering orthodontic treatment

Almost one third of the UK are considering or have completed orthodontic treatment.  This is according to a survey carried out by Portman Smile Clinic. Of those surveyed, 28% have completed or have considered orthodontic/teeth straightening treatment Other key findings include: Females are more likely than males to consider orthodontic treatment and males are more…

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Nanobots used to improve root canal treatment

Nanobots are being used to improve root canal treatments and reduce post-treatment failures. A team at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) found that nanobots – which are magnetically controlled, nano-sized robots – can be utilised to fit through the dentinal tubules and kill bacteria. The team found that these can be incorporated during the…

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‘Stark inequalities’ – number of child tooth extractions halved during pandemic

The number of child tooth extractions more than halved during the pandemic, new figures reveal. New data shows 35,190 extractions were performed on decayed teeth in 2019/20 in children aged 0-19 in 2019/20 – falling to 14,615 in 2020/21. Released by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, the BDA called for full disclosure on…

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Why should you Walk and Talk for dentistry?

Practices and dental leaders have banded together to Walk and Talk for mental health throughout the month of May. This May marks National Walking Month, a campaign aimed at celebrating the benefits of walking. Alongside Justin Leigh, founder of Focus4growth, we are encouraging dental professionals, practices and also companies get out and about with colleagues…

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Humm – revolutionising finance in dentistry

PJ Byrne, the CEO for Humm in the UK and Ireland, talks us through who Humm is and how it plans to reinvent finance in dentistry to help your practice grow. What do you do and what are you hoping to bring to dentistry? That’s a really good question. I guess for us, whether we…

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Confessions of a dental nurse – part three

Ellesse Stacey reveals her final thoughts working as a dental nurse in the third part of her confessions. Dentists – now, I promise to be nice. But you do need to know that you have some rather annoying habits. When you leave the X-ray beam all the way across the street as if us nurses…

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News you’ve missed this week – 30 April 2022

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… School gets help from dental charity after students taken to hospital due to dental pain Pupils are being treated by a dental charity after a school reached out for help to get students out of pain. Trinity Academy Grammar…


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