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How to place a bone graft
Acteon shows you how to place a bone graft in the jaw. To find out more information, visit www.acteongroup.co.uk.
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Charging migrants for NHS dental treatment
Dental leaders are on a fresh collision course with the government over another attempt to make migrants pay for their NHS treatment. A new NHS (Overseas Visitors Charging) Bill, to be published in the next two months, will tighten the rules to ensure fewer European visitors qualify for care, including in dentistry. Under the proposals –…
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‘Smiliest’ time of the week revealed in new survey
The ‘smiliest’ time of the week is five o’clock on a Friday, according to a new survey. The Oral Health Foundation carried out a nationwide survey of more than 2,000 UK adults to find out when the most popular time to smile was to help raise awareness of National Smile Month. Five o’clock was found to…
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Have your say on the future of the GDC’s public register
The General Dental Council (GDC) is asking the dental profession to have its say on the public register. The council has presented two options and is consulting the profession on what should be included on the public register: To publish the name and registration number of the dental professional To publish the name, registration number and town…
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BDA welcomes breakthrough in junior doctors contract row
The BDA has welcomed news of a provisional agreement between junior doctors and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Dentists employed in hospitals on the same terms as junior doctors have been participating, alongside their junior doctor colleagues, in industrial action and now British Dental Association (BDA) members will take part in a referendum to approve the new contract.…
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Dentistry Top 50 – the results
After months of voting, the results of the Dentistry Top 50 are finally in. In January we launched the 2016 Dentistry Top 50 to find out who you feel is the most influential person in the profession. Readers have been voting in their thousands, both by visiting the website and sending your votes in through…
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Dentistry 16 places are almost all gone
With just over 20 days to go until the most prestigious event of the year, Dentistry 16: Stars of Dentistry places are filling up fast. The Cranham and Buckle workshop has completely sold out, but there is still a chance to grab your place at the Invisalign workshop with Dr Raman Aulakh. Dr Aulakh is…
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Brits hide their teeth in selfies, study shows
Selfie fans are more likely to hide their teeth than have an open mouth smile, a new survey shows. Less than a third (29%) said they would pose for a photograph with an open smile, with discoloured teeth being the biggest reason (33%) for hiding teeth, a nationwide pole from the Oral Health Foundation and Oral-B…
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Use a Mac or a PC for X-rays in your practice
Finally, Chiral Systems offers you the possibility of fully integrating a Mac and a PC into your practice. Chiral Systems is pleased to announce a unique level of integration with Acteon’s latest technology, the new Pspix, which is as much as three times smaller than other imaging plate scanners, making it the most compact system on the…
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Age-appropriate dentistry is ‘essential’
Age-appropriate dentistry will become essential for successful dental health outcomes in the future, says the BADT. These calls come after the Office for National Statistics predicted one in 12 people will be over 80 years old by 2039, leading to a larger age range of dental patients. The British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) has…
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Musculoskeletal issues most common problem for dentists
Dentists claim musculoskeletal and psychiatric disorders are the biggest health problems for the profession, according to Dentists’ Provident. The latest statistics show that one in three claims paid to Dentists’ Provident members was for musculoskeletal issues, including general back pain, lumbar problems, sciatica, spondylitis and prolapsed intervertebral discs. ‘It’s no surprise musculoskeletal issues are very…
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Dentistry – fourth most successful business to startup
Dentistry is one of the most successful businesses to start in the UK, according to a recent survey. After 2014 broke records with 581,173 new businesses starting up, Vonage looked into how many businesses were still running, creating a heatmap to show the results. The survey also found the most successful industries for startup success,…
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Don’t sleepwalk into failure
Don’t sleepwalk into failure warns Nicki Rowland, managing director of Practices Made Perfect and Nick Danby of Face2faceCPD. The role of practice managers has changed enormously over the past few years. In the last decade increased regulatory demands have ensured that process and protocols are a top priority for practices, which in addition to the…
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Follow the Pink with Dr Delia Tuttle and Six Month Smiles
Dr Delia Tuttle explains how Six Month Smiles has helped her team, practice and patients. For more information visit www.6monthsmiles.com.
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Young dentists agree there is a gender gap in dentistry
Young dentists believe there is a gender gap in dentistry, according to Minford Chartered Accountants. Minford carried out a national survey, called Women in Dentistry, into women’s attitudes regarding their dental careers and found over 40% of under 35-year-olds agree there is a gender gap compared with 23% who disagree. This is in contrast to…
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Cycling from London to Oxford for charity
Shiraz Khan will be cycling with a group from Central London to Oxford on 21 May, all in the name of charity. The fundraising is to provide some aid to those in need in Gaza, after many homes were destroyed last year. The Ummah Welfare Trust has recently been granted permission to build a water plant…
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Change your dentistry forever and join us at the Dawson Academy
Hear from Dr Bhupinder Bhogal, teaching assistant for Dawson Academy UK and BD Seminars on reasons to attend the Core Curriculum. For more information, visit thedawsonacademy.com.
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Seamless and hassle-free startups
Peter Farrage explains how Step into Practice can help guarantee a seamless and hassle-free startup. Dentist Peter Farrage and two fellow directors have spent the last year putting together an exciting new initiative that could be a potential game changer for the private practice sector. ‘We’re really excited about what Step into Practice can offer dentists,’…
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Turning the world upside down – a new way of approaching the new patient examination
Andrew Hepburn, Primespeak business manager for Software of Excellence, explains how Primespeak is changing the way dentists practise. Every now and again a new way of thinking causes a paradigm shift that realigns the way people think. Often pioneers of these techniques are thought of as being wacky or misguided, but if the theory they…