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With dental therapists seeing more demand than ever, Lauren Long shares her seven top tips for embracing your skills and offering your full remit as a dental therapist. For many years, graduating with a qualification in dental therapy, which encompasses the full dental hygienist scope, as well as the additional skills of a dental therapist,…
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Lauren Long hears from three dental professionals about how dental therapy can transform the practice – both clinically and in business. In the past few months we have been bombarded with headlines referring to the ‘dental crisis’. Many stories have been published in the press – both dental and national – referring to long waiting…
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Setting goals can help give us a sense of purpose and direction, giving us something to aim towards, Lauren Long says. Now 2022 is well underway, and although January/February has a reputation of being a long, miserable time, it can also be a productive and reinvigorating one. Sometimes it is easy to feel a lack…
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With demand for dentistry so high, many in the profession are overworking to keep up. Lauren Long explores what this means and how to combat it. Dentistry has never been busier. After speaking with colleagues recently from a variety of backgrounds it seems that the majority are struggling to keep up with the demand for…
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Lauren Long explains why the dental profession should welcome back conferences and exhibitions with open arms. In-person courses and conferences are finally making a full comeback! There’s no doubt that we are all incredibly grateful for the fantastic learning opportunities that were on offer when we couldn’t meet face to face. It’s almost become the…
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Social media is taking over our everyday lives. Lauren Long explores ways we can build healthy social media habits to avoid needing a complete detox. There’s no doubt lockdown has changed our use and attitudes towards social media. The average UK adult was spending four hours and two minutes online in April 2020. This compares…
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Imposter syndrome is something many of us will experience during our time working in dentistry. Lauren Long explores ways to combat it. Most of us have heard it – that voice in our heads saying ‘You’re not good enough’, ‘You can’t do this’. At least 70% of us will experience at least one episode of…
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This month I am delighted to talk to Nina Lord who is a dual-qualified dental therapist and nutritional therapist based in Derbyshire. Nina graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2013. She soon became interested in the link between nutrition and our oral and general health. She has a wealth of nutritional knowledge and is…
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Lauren Long discuss the importance of belonging and how to work on fostering belonging in the dental practice. When speaking to fellow dental professionals about what makes the biggest difference to their happiness and wellbeing at work, one point came up time and time again – belonging. The pandemic has highlighted whether we feel we…
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Launching her new column ‘Take a moment’ – which will focus on wellbeing – Lauren Long explores whether dentistry can shift its mindset. How are you? A question we ask and people ask us probably several times every single day. Do you answer honestly? As dental professionals, we have never been under more pressure than…
