Rowan Thomas

Rowan Thomas

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The Irish Dentistry Awards 2023 winners in pictures

Saturday night saw Ireland’s dental community gather to celebrate their achievements in style – find out who won at the prestigious Irish Dentistry Awards 2023. The Irish Dentistry Awards 2023 kicked off last Saturday 9 September at the majestic Clontarf Castle in Dublin. With a huge congratulations to all of the finalists, we are pleased…

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Filling-In restores function, ease and longevity in locum dentistry

Filling-In explains how its new locum dental agency will change the recruitment process for dental locums and practice owners nationwide. The founders of Filling-In have a strong dental background. Through their own experiences and difficulties, they decided to produce a unique, simple and efficient service that will change dental recruitment in this area forever. Filling-In…

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Avoiding pension pitfalls this National Pension Awareness Week

Rowan Thomas speaks to Magdelena Harding about the importance of the pension for dental professionals and the key pitfalls to look out for. Please introduce yourself. I am Magdelena Harding, specialist financial adviser for Wesleyan Financial Services. I specialise in giving advice to dentists and the dental profession. It’s currently National Pension Awareness Week. Why…

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The practice sales market – sinking or still buoyant?

The dental practice market has seen a shift since the COVID lockdowns, as Lis Hughes, managing director of Frank Taylor and Associates, tells Practice Plan’s sales and marketing director, Nigel Jones, in this podcast. The enforced slower pace of the standard operating procedure during COVID gave NHS dentists and their teams a taste of life…

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Zirkonzahn’s lecture tour in Birmingham, Cardiff and Southampton

Zirkonzahn will be in Birmingham, Cardiff and Southampton from September 26 to 28 for their lecture tour 2023: ‘Ultimate aesthetics – connected solutions, from prepping to rechecking’. During the lecture tour, DT Jacopo di Terlizzi (international lecturer, CAD/CAM expert and member of the research and development team at Zirkonzahn Headquarters) will show how Zirkonzahn’s connected…

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Free mental health webinar to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

Dental team members are invited to register now with Psynergy Mental Health to attend a free webinar this September. Marking World Suicide Prevention Day, the webinar will raise awareness of available help for those who find themselves in crisis. It will be hosted by Psynergy CEO, Dr Ritesh Aggarwal (Rick), and COO, Dr Danyal Akarca…

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Bone Growth Concept – beyond platform-switch

Bredent introduces the benefits of its Bone Growth Concept for implant dentistry, from shape and surface characteristics to positioning. The right combination of shape, surface characteristics and positioning of an implant leads to the growth of bone on the backtaper, as scientific research and daily clinical practice have shown. Backtaper – the evolution of platform-switch…

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Expand your implant options with Smile in a Box

Straumann explains how the Smile in a Box system can help practitioners expand their dental implant offering. Every patient’s smile is different. For practitioners getting started with guided implant placement, it may be difficult to meet the unique needs of each case. Technology can be a very helpful tool when treatment planning. It can enable…

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Align UKI Forum Live: embracing innovation and digital transformation

Align Technology’s UKI Forum Live will offer insights and training for general dentists to embrace innovation and digital transformation. Dentistry is constantly evolving. Staying at the forefront of innovation is vital for any forward-thinking dental professional. To stay abreast of the latest advancements and industry trends, dentists should mark their calendars for the upcoming UKI Forum…

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Are you looking for a trusted dental equipment supplier?

A reliable supplier is essential for the equipment, consumables and other supply orders that are fundamental to running a dental practice, says the BDIA. Buying dental supplies, equipment and consumables for your business to serve your patients daily requires you to make regular purchases to keep your business running smoothly. Having a reliable and trusted…

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Walking the walk for mouth cancer awareness

The Mouth Cancer Foundation’s annual 10km awareness walk returns this September – learn how you can get involved. The Mouth Cancer Foundation’s annual 10km awareness walk will take place on Saturday 23 September in London’s Hyde Park. The whole dental profession is being encouraged to step up and get involved. It is free to take…

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‘Not a race to the apex’ – live endodontic treatment

Hear more about Tom Brannen’s live root canal treatment using the latest endodontic techniques and technology ahead of the next Dentistry Live session. ‘Endodontic treatment is not a race to the apex… it’s to progressively clean and shape the canal.’ So said Tom Brannen, dentist with a special interest in endodontics, as he joined Dentistry…

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Teeth capable of preserving antibodies for centuries, study finds

A new study has found that teeth could preserve antibodies for hundreds of years, allowing scientists to better understand the history of infectious diseases. Researchers from the University of Nottingham discovered that antibodies extracted from 800-year-old medieval human teeth were still functional. These findings were published in iScience this month. The main function of antibodies…


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