Posted in Posts
You can’t hide your feelings! After looking at pictures of dental treatment scenes, researchers discovered that female patients scared of the dentist were six times more likely to be disgusted with what they saw, compared with non-dental phobic women. In a battle of the sexes, dental phobic women struggled to hide their emotions. Although both…
Posted in Posts
So this is it… the final stage! Over the past six days, Straumann’s team of cyclists have travelled from Basel through to Epinal, St Dizier, Reims and Calais. The experience has indeed tested each individual’s stamina, focus and physical energy but they have all kept together, all determined to reach the £30,000 target. The final…
Posted in Posts
The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) has received the backing of its members to move ahead with proposals to modernise the way the organisation is governed. At an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on 20 September 2013, members voted unanimously in support of a series of changes that will strengthen the link between the…
Posted in Posts
US researchers have discovered that diamonds on a much, much smaller scale than those used in jewellery could be used to promote bone growth and the durability of dental implants. Nanodiamonds, which are created as byproducts of conventional mining and refining operations, are approximately four to five nanometres in diameter and are shaped like tiny…
Posted in Posts
They’ve travelled 408 miles by bike, collectively (with 24 cyclists) that works out to around 9,792 miles! That’s the distance from Apia, Samoa to London in a straight line! With only two days left, our Straumann Charity Bike Ride from Basel, Switzerland to Crawley, United Kingdom has reached the last continental stage of the journey.…
Posted in Posts
Julian Webber of Harley Street Centre for Endodontics has welcomed the new procedure which potentially allows endodontists to save immature posterior and anterior teeth without the need for conventional root canal treatment. Julian explained: 'Regenerative endodontics stimulates a matrix of new pulp within the root canal space which then leads to continued development of the…
Posted in Posts
It has to be said that the Health and Social Care Information Centre annual report on NHS Dental Statistics for England is not an engrossing read. The 2012/13 report was no different, the only plus being that it arrived this month, as often, in August when I am topping up the suntan in Gran Canaria.…
Posted in Posts
New figures published last week (20 September 2013) highlight the chasm of inequality that divides children’s dental health, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned. The Public Health England report reveals that, while there has been a slight overall improvement in children’s oral health in recent years, significant variations persist between children in different areas…
Posted in Posts
Today, our team will embark on the longest stage of our Basel to Crawley charity bike ride from Champagne region into Picardie (118 miles in total!). The route takes the team through Hermonville, Pinon, Roye and Moreuil before finishing in the classic northern French city, Amiens, the capital of the Somme department in Picardie. What’s…
Posted in Posts
As dental professionals across the United Kingdom relax for the weekend, our #dentistsinlycra team are continuing their 600 miles journey from Basel, Switzerland to Crawley, England. It’s been an intense and challenging first two days, which saw our cyclists travel through all types of weather, suffering cuts, scrapes and bruises. But through it all, they’re…
Posted in Posts
Our offices here in the UK has transformed into a continental bike ride report centre, acting as the communication hub from all ends for the past 24 hours. With our team of cyclists traveling from Switzerland back to Crawley, we can proudly announce that we on track to reach our target. Currently on £21,039 (!)…
Posted in Posts
The three-year project could give researchers a new insight into the evolution and development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth – called dentition. It may also reveal why humans and mammals only develop one or two sets of teeth in their lifetime, compared to their ancestors, the bony fish, which constantly regenerate their…
Posted in Posts
Members of the #dentistsinlycra team arrived in Switzerland yesterday, eagerly anticipating the exciting journey ahead. As you all know, more than twenty cyclists have accepted the continental challenge to cycle from Basel, Switzerland back to our UK offices in Crawley. During the next six days, members of the Straumann UK team along with friends and…
Posted in Posts
There is still time to join the Mouth Cancer Foundation’s 8th annual FREE Mouth Cancer Foundation 10 KM Awareness Walk which takes place at 1.00pm Sunday 29 September 2013, in Hyde Park, London. People travel from all over the world to take part in the walk designed to increase awareness and generate much needed funds…
Posted in Posts
Twenty years ago, Dental Protection was the first UK defence/protection organisation to demonstrate support for vocational training by the introduction of reduced subscription rates for vocational trainers and advisers. In the latest edition of Trainingmatters, Dental Protection confirms its support by reminding all those currently involved in Foundation Training how to obtain a similar reduction…
Posted in Posts
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is offering self-employed people a say on how they pay their National Insurance contributions in future. It is running a consultation on whether it would be easier to collect these payments alongside other classes of contribution (‘Class 4’) and income tax through the self-assessment process. By simplifying the process, it…
Posted in Posts
Colgate Oral Health Month returns this month in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of family oral health. The initiative, a partnership between Colgate and the British Dental Association, aims to educate the public and encourage dental professionals to communicate with patients. The official theme for the 2013 campaign is ‘Your smile, your…
Posted in Posts
US researchers have discovered that diamonds on a much, much smaller scale than those used in jewellery could be used to promote bone growth and the durability of dental implants. Nanodiamonds, which are created as byproducts of conventional mining and refining operations, are approximately four to five nanometres in diameter and are shaped like tiny…
Posted in Posts
Dentists sometimes come up to me and ask how to have more energy at work. How can they get through the day and not come home to simply eat and sleep, only to get up the next day and do the same thing. One of the reasons I believe people sometimes do not…
Stay updated with relevant information about this webinar
