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Promotions such as meal deals could render the sugar tax meaningless, a new study by The Independent has found. From April the Government will be implementing a tax on sugary drinks, which will increase prices by 14p for 500ml bottles, and 58p for two-litre bottles. However, a study by The Independent has found students decide what to buy in…
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The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England has opened calls for practices interested in the next wave of NHS prototypes. This will be the fourth wave of NHS contract reform in England, after prototype regulations were extended for a further two years. The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded by expressing its frustration…
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Make sure your telephony system is working for your practice. Network Telecom explains how. Having worked with dentists across the UK for over two decades, we often find that their current phone systems are outdated and no longer suit patient requirements. From engaged tones to inadequate voicemail facilities, we know how frustrating this can be and…
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Rune Fisker, key creator and driver of 3Shape’s solution-orientated innovations and speaker at the Henry Schein Digital Symposium 2018, gives an insight into exciting new innovations and trends coming to the world of digital dentistry. I’ve been a part of 3Shape since the company was founded 17 years ago. Very early on, we could see…
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Have you ever considered what would happen to your practice if you or your partner became seriously ill? If you act as a sole trader you can stop reading now. For those who are in partnership arrangements, whether true partnerships or expense sharers or those who operate through limited companies in multiple ownership, have you…
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Dentistry’s Information Centre will help to take the mystery out of dentistry for your patients. Are you looking for a reliable resource to send your patients to after their dental appointment? Launched on 26 January, Dentistry’s Information Centre is designed to help the general public understand their options more clearly, and consider their dental treatment…
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Recent dental graduate, Albin Tahiri, has just become the first athlete from Kosovo to compete in the Winter Olympics. On Tuesday in the mens ski slalom, where many seasoned professionals crashed out, Albin Tahiri, finished the course claiming 37th place. ‘It was really icy, so I had a lot of problems,’ he told Reuters at the…
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Wendy Smith has been awarded an MBE for her ‘services to oral health care and dental education in the south west’. Wendy has worked in a variety of sectors during her career including education, local authority and social enterprise, which has enabled her to further combine her skills and learning about people, communities and health. Recently…
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Hundreds of children living in poor and remote communities in Cambodia will have healthier teeth thanks to Optident and volunteers working with the international dental charity, Dentaid. Optident and Ultradent donated 2,000 units of fluoride varnish for Dentaid to use on its projects around the world. The first batch was sent to Cambodia where volunteers…
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Dentii introduces its stylish new toothbrush, which includes subscription-based, single-use brush heads. For more information, visit www.dentii.co.uk.
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Huckleberry, a black bear at Big Bear Alpine Zoo, had four root canals and five teeth removed recently. Animal dentist, Dr David Fagan, along with a team of volunteers, managed to X-ray Huckleberry, whilst he was under anaesthesia, and treat all of his oral health issues in a procedure that lasted four hours. But that isn’t…
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With just one month to go, register to attend the Digital Dentistry Show North for your chance to win an Amazon Kindle fire HD7. There’s just one month to go until the Digital Dentistry Show North, the UK’s largest free-to-attend digital dentistry event. Taking place Saturday 10 March at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, don’t…
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Wireless scanning is insanely fast! Really fast – see here! The new 3Shape Trios 3 Wireless connects cordlessly to laptops and the Trios cart. This eliminates the need for a connecting cable between the intraoral scanner wand and computer. Trios 3 Wireless features an easy battery exchange for non-stop scanning and includes three long-lasting rechargeable…
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Lecture title – Moving in a new direction in aesthetic digital dentistry using Invisalign clear aligner therapy. This webinar will cover Why orthodontics? Why the Invisalign system? Why now? Dr Barry Buckley Dr Barry Buckley is a general dentist who runs Clearbrace.ie, which has initiated 6,000 Invisalign cases, making it the number one Invisalign account in Europe…
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Graduate dental students and an assistant professor have been caught taking a ‘disturbing’ and ‘inexcusable’ selfie with severed heads. The image, which was taken at the Yale School of Medicine in June 2017, included several graduate students wearing surgical masks with two severed heads on tables with their faces up. The assistant professor in the photo has…
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An increasing number of dentists are realising the potential of treating both snorers and those suffering from OSA. Commonly a result of a full or partial closure in the airway, due to a lack of skeletal tissue, snoring and OSA can have far-reaching effects on both the individual and the bed-partner. Looking forward to National…
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Suresh Samy, the award winning ‘best dentist’, on the London aesthetic course talks about his experience with Tipton Training. For more information visit tiptontraining.co.uk.
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