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The General Dental Council (GDC) met 16 out of 18 Standards of Good Regulation in 2024/25, falling short on equality, diversity and inclusion and fitness to practise (FtP) timeliness. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) review for 2024/25 found that the GDC met standards in areas including registration and education and training. However, the PSA said…
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A dental charity has returned to Dewsbury to mark 10 years of providing life-changing care to vulnerable people in Yorkshire and across the UK. Dentaid The Dental Charity provided care for people experiencing homelessness and addiction at the charity Kirklees in Recovery on its mobile dental unit on Wednesday 3 December. Since Dentaid first visited…
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If you’re looking to go into 2026 feeling organised, confident and inspection-ready, the January Compliance Reset Planner is the solution. January is often one of the busiest, most pressured periods in practice life. The team returns from leave, diaries start to fill again, evidence needs updating, and the compliance ‘to-do’ list can feel like it…
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The government has announced significant reforms of the NHS dental contract – experts from the dental profession, dental industry and wider healthcare sphere share their thoughts. Announced on 16 December, the government dubbed the reform ‘the most significant modernisation of the NHS dental contract in years’. The changes which will come into force from April…
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Sarah McKimm advises a dentist who has noticed signs of poor mental health in a colleague – is stepping in the responsible choice or a breach of professional boundaries? The scenario I’m reaching out because I’m getting increasingly worried about a fellow associate in my practice. We’ve worked together for several years, and although dentistry…
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Skills4Dental explains how its integrated suite of dental training programmes can help practice teams to grow their skills and unlock new opportunities. In a profession defined by precision, trust and ever-evolving clinical standards, maintaining an outstanding patient experience relies on more than clinical skill alone. Dental practices today face the challenge of nurturing teams who…
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A proposal for the government to provide the public with a £150 voucher towards private dental care would ‘mean the end of NHS dentistry’, according to dental experts. Think tank Policy Exchange called for the government to implement a scheme to provide UK adults with vouchers worth £150 per year to be spent on dental…
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Oxford came first in a ranking of UK regions with the highest rates of enquiries about clear aligner orthodontics, at a rate of one enquiry per 235 residents. Almost four in 10 (38%) of these enquiries were considered complex – including factors such as significant crowding, spacing or bite discrepancies requiring longer treatment. The cities…
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Tipton Training explains how classic restorative fundamentals make complex cases more predictable and why thousands of dentists have chosen to learn this principle-led approach directly from Professor Paul Tipton through its one-year certificate in restorative dentistry. Full-mouth reconstruction is one of the most professionally rewarding areas of restorative dentistry – but it is also one…
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Google searches for ‘clear aligners’ rose by two thirds between 2022 and 2024, according to new analysis. A further 23% increase was noted between October 2024 and October 2025. The figures were analysed by dental practice Smile n Shine. General dental surgeon Bhavika Parekh said the findings reflected a wider movement towards discreet and flexible…
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Starting a new cooperation with Dyamach, an Italian specialist in high-performance milling machines, VOCO has gained a strong trusted partner. The new collaboration enables precise and efficient fabrication of restorations from the nano-ceramic hybrid material Grandio disc, optimised by validated milling and grinding strategies on Dyamach’s five-axis milling machines. A special strategy has also been…
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Brighton and Sussex Medical School explains how modules one and two of its postgraduate diploma create the ideal foundation for a career in implant dentistry. Entering implant dentistry can feel overwhelming. With a growing number of short courses and mixed-quality training pathways, many clinicians struggle to find a route that is structured, mentored, and rooted…
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Over the past year, colleagues and clinicians across mydentist have shown what it truly means to help the community smile. Following the launch of its people values in 2024 – we respect each other, we grow together and we achieve as one – mydentist has seen a cultural shift across its practices, Support Centre and…
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Join Jon Lawley on 16 December at 7pm as he discusses the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and dentistry in 2025, from compliance to consequences. This webinar is focused on understanding 2025 CQC standards. Dentists will get an in-depth understanding of the latest CQC regulations and how they apply to dental practices in 2025. Attendees will…
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Four in five UK parents believe oral hygiene products should be exempt from value added tax (VAT), according to a new campaign. Half of the parents (50%) also said that these oral hygiene essentials such as children’s toothbrushes and toothpastes had become unaffordable. A similar number (49%) reported that their children had required medical attention…
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Specialty dentists in Scotland who are able to demonstrate they possess and have been applying the skills and experience for the specialist grade will now be able to progress to a specialist title. These skills and experience must meet the capability framework requirements for the specialist grade and there must be a service need for…
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Are you considering a move from NHS to private dentistry? In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Ant Davies, principal dentist and owner, catches up with Hazel Dockery from Practice Plan three years after his bold decision to leave the NHS behind. Ant shares how he went from managing two NHS-heavy practices in…
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Lower levels of maternal vitamin D during pregnancy were associated with increased odds of early childhood caries in babies in a new study. Researchers from Zhejiang University tested the blood of more than 4,000 pregnant people during each trimester and 42 days postpartum. Their babies then attended follow-up appointments up to the age of five,…
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When it comes to imaging technology, the Acteon Optima stands out as a truly exceptional CBCT solution, combining elegant design, unrivalled compactness, and outstanding user experience. In a market where space, efficiency and clinical confidence matter more than ever, the Optima delivers on every level. Compact, beautifully built, and designed for any surgery The Acteon…
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