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It’s that time of year again – today, we celebrate National Dental Nurses Day and all the dental nurses who make a difference across the UK. We hear from dental nurses about why they love their job and dentistry. Dillon Booth Everyone always asks what it’s like being a dental nurse, I mean it’s a…
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Sebastian Evans celebrates some of the positives in the profession that bring a dental ‘buzz’, as too often we focus on what’s going wrong. With all the negative headlines currently surrounding dentistry, it’s easy to start feeling pessimistic about the future of the profession. And the threat of a global recession as well as a…
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Earlier this year, Shaz Memon put on an event to remember for the dental profession. Seb Evans looks forward to the next ‘For the chosen few’ event. Digimax’s Shaz Memon hosted one of the most cryptic events in the dental calendar earlier this year, named ‘For the chosen few’. Around 250 guests from around the…
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Harry Singh considers non-surgical lip augmentation and looks at the reasons behind the rise in demand for this aesthetic treatment. From ‘Hollywood Lips’ to ‘Essex Lips’, it seems that a commonly requested procedure, that has gained even more momentum with aesthetic patients in recent years, is non-surgical lip augmentation. The number and proportion of patients…
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‘We all feel connected’ – Global Dental Collective brought the dental profession together to discuss and debate important topics in dentistry at its end of summer boat party. Hackney Wick played host to the inaugural Global Dental Collective in September. The event gathered an audience to debate wide-ranging topics impacting those working in the profession.…
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Ajay Dhunna presents a guide to achieving effective isolation with rubber dam. Rubber dam isolation is a phrase which invokes many emotions in the dental surgery: Dentist: ‘This is going to make my life so much easier and make my photos looks so great’ Nurse: ‘Oh great here we go again… 30mins to put it…
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In this article, Phillip Barker will discuss the current recruitment crisis and its implications for the dental industry. The dental recruitment crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing the dental industry today. There is a severe shortage of dentists, and those who are working are often overworked and underpaid. This has led to…
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FMC is looking to truly shake up the subscription model in dentistry with the launch of The Dentistry Club – a must have for you, your dental team and your practice. The aim of the club is to simplify all your CPD magazine and event requirements into one easily manageable bundle. FMC hopes this will…
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Launching a new company is tough at the best of times, but throw in a global pandemic and the challenge becomes even bigger. Here, Chris Bartlett speaks to Dentistry about how he launched Niche Dentistry alongside running a coffee van. He explains how the coffee van grew into two coffee vans before becoming a coffee…
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Kunal Rai presents a case report of a smile makeover using an align, bleach and contour approach. A patient in her mid-twenties presented unhappy with her gummy smile. She said she didn’t like her front teeth pointing outward and the shade/shape of her top teeth, which were affecting her self-confidence. No acute pain was reported.…
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Dentistry speaks to Mervyn Druian about the worsening of patients’ oral health due to NHS backlog, and how products such as Ultradex can help improve their oral hygiene routine at home. Under NHS dentistry reform, patients are visiting surgeries less and less frequently and they’re less able in some cases to visit. What changes are…
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Luc Rutten and Patrick Rutten explore the use of digital workflow and interdisciplinary planning to improve the quality of implant treatment. Zirconium dioxide is one of the highest performance ceramics in dental technology. This material has excellent mechanical properties combined with coloured options and semi-translucency. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is around 10.5, which…
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Maarten Boogaard and Curd Bollen present a case series demonstrating immediate implant placement in extraction sockets using a synthetic putty graft. Implant placement in extraction post sockets was introduced 40 years ago (Lazarra, 1989). For more than two decades, the clinical protocol for immediate (anterior) implant placement into recent extraction sockets has evolved from a…
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Peet van der Vyver and Martin Vorster kick off a new series by discussing the identification and management of radix entomolaris. According to Swartz, Skidmore and Griffen (1983), mandibular first molars have a significantly lower success rate compared with other teeth. Missed canals and the failure to remove all the microorganisms and pulp remnants from…
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Dentistry magazine has reinforced its position as the highest circulated title in UK dentistry, with an ABC circulation of 42,722. The new figure is the highest ever for a UK dental title and includes the print and digital circulation of the magazine. In addition to this, the publication has been listed as a finalist for…
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Kunal Patel tells the story of an organised gang that planned to kidnap him and ransack his house. Can you explain to us what exactly happened? I’m opening new clinics in my local area. It’s an area where I’ve grown up my whole life and I’m opening a number of Love Teeth dental practices. I’ve…
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After announcing the winner of the Dental Practice Accelerator, we follow Campbell Dental Practice’s first steps to becoming a £1 million+ turnover practice. Dentistry is still in a state of boom with NHS dentistry experiencing a huge backlog and swaths of patients seeking private treatment. Elective treatments are also still rising as more and more…
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We hear from Sabrina Griffith who speaks exclusively to us about her experience with Durr Dental’s Lunos air polishing system. Lunos, from Durr Dental, is a premium air polishing brand incorporating one powder jet handpiece and two interchangeable nozzles. As well as a range of prophylaxis powders to assist in the minimally invasive management of…
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Nicola Sherlock considers the technique and tools that help teams develop good relationships with a diverse patient base. There are many ways we can learn to communicate with our patients other than with the spoken word. Firstly, taking time to listen will prove to your patients you are not someone without time for them nor…
