Sebastian Evans

Osborne Dental has been named the BDA Good Practice Scheme Practice of the Year for 2011. The team from Jesmond, Newcastle, will be presented with their award at the 2011 BDA Honours and Awards Dinner, which takes place in London on 24 November. Osborne Dental triumphed after a detailed assessment process that included a judge’s…

A free-to-join referral scheme which aims to help dentists find patients interested in having dental implants placed is being relaunched. Dental implant supplier Implantium has introduced a series of improvements to its popular Implantium Network, including an enhancement of the feedback process, which will help ensure the initiative is providing the best possible service for both…

The Oral-B Triumph 5,000 toothbrush was recently ranked the number one power toothbrush by The Gadget Show. The products were tested under the supervision of Dr Uchenna Okoye, the dentist who does the ‘teeth makeovers’ on TV’s 10 Years Younger. Dr Okoye praised the effectiveness of the Oral-B 5,000 and made it her top recommendation.…

With over 12,000 visitors predicted to visit this week’s BDTA Dental Showcase, Software of Excellence has designed VIP FAST TRACK – a great way to beat the frustrating queues that are a part of every exhibition. Having reviewed previous Shows, Software of Excellence realised that queues at their stand were often lengthy due to the…

Grinding your teeth is a common habit, but according to a leading oral health charity, it has the potential to alter your smile. Also known as Bruxism, teeth grinding affects over six million people in the UK alone(3). It can be brought on by anything from physical responses during sleep to psychological pressures of everyday…

Philips Discus Dental is performing Zoom teeth whitening treatments on nine dental professionals at the BDTA Showcase. With nearly four million smiles whitened since the company’s first Zoom treatment was carried out in 2001, the brand is now one of the world leaders in professional chairside whitening, so much so that patients ask for it…

The team at Perfect 32 Dental Practice in Beverley is celebrating winning the prestigious Training Business of the Year crown at the Chamber Bridlington and Wolds Business Awards on Friday 14 October. Principal dentist, Gary Rowland, from the NHS and private practice in Ladygate, and his wife and practice manager, Nicki, attended the glitzy awards ceremony…

The Dental Directory stand gives you more at this year’s Dental Showcase at the NEC Birmingham. With product demonstrations and advice available for digital imaging  systems, surgery equipment, facial aesthetic treatments and electronic ordering systems, there’s something for everyone. Whether looking to buy, seeking advice, or just in need of some light refreshments, come along…

With x-tra base, VOCO presents a new flowable composite, designed especially for the bulk filling technique. This flowable, self-levelling composite enables up to 4 millimetre thick increments to be laid, which can then be light-cured especially quickly; and this in just one step and without time-consuming layering. A 4 millimetre increment of x-tra base in…

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is to support the Universities of Glasgow and Dundee with £132,000 to strengthen their collaboration on dental and oral health research, which will contribute to better dental health services and care across Scotland. The two university dental schools will focus on inequalities in dental health, access to dental services, oral…

Dentist Dr Lyndon Meehan was under as much pressure as the Wales rugby team when he was asked to provide them with an unbranded versions of their mouthguards. Lyndon is a GDP working between hospital and general practice dentistry with a special interest in Sports Dentistry being club dentist for Cardiff City FC and Pontypridd…

This could be the worst time in living memory to be a general dental practitioner in England. That’s the view expressed by Dr Susie Sanderson, chair of the British Dental Association’s (BDA) Executive Board, in a new blog for the BDA website. She says: ‘That isn’t a statement I make lightly or happily, but sadly…

The tension is mounting for the inaugural Dentistry Scotland Awards, set to take place on 25 November at the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire. In the December issue of Dentistry Scotland, we will reveal all the winners and gossip from the event, or why not join us on the night to find out first hand…

Dentistry Daily is bringing you news as and when it happens from the BDTA Showcase over the three days – and added to this the Dentistry Daily team will be tweeting on Twitter and commenting on our Facebook page. Dentistry.co.uk has its very own Facebook page and plenty of you have already clicked the ‘Like’…

Dentists have been the victims of a double standard in the way they have been treated in relation to Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration, the BDA has told the National Audit Office (NAO). In a submission to a NAO study on CQC, the BDA has expressed disappointment that while the obvious problems confronting CQC meant…

We reveal who has been shortlisted ahead of December’s ceremony. Best Young DentistScotland• Mark Skimming – Dentistry on the Square• Abhishek Singh – Dentalis Bearsden• Laura Kerr – Birch Valley Dental Clinic• Jamie Newlands – The Berkeley Clinic   Northern Ireland• Rory McEnhill – Belmore Dental• Joe McEnhill – Belmore Dental• Joanne Redpath – Apple Tree•…