Sebastian Evans

Exploring other avenues for increasing revenue streams and boosts practice profits is simple. Some practices look away from their core business. The truth is that smart, forward-thinking practices focus on their core business to maximise true potential and create reward. Virtually every patient visits the hygienist/therapist, and generally spends more time with them than any…

July’s issue of Preventive Dentistry goes retro with a look at the oral health of our baby boomers, a focus on the oral health gadget, the water flosser, invented in the 1960s and the 1970s recollection of regular columnist, hygienist Jan Baxendale. Plus, Shaun Howe on direct access, Mhari Coxon‘s review of Cariescan, and Dave…

A new 27-year research project suggests that mothers with poor oral health are likely to have children who also have poor oral health when they reach adulthood. The long-term study, of more than 1,000 children born in New Zealand in 1972 and 1973, provides strong evidence that the children of mothers with poor oral health…

While in a tight labour market interviewees are being bombarded with advice, there is less help available for those on the other side of the desk. Every employer, in dentistry as in any other industry, knows from the outset the skill set and or experience he or she is hoping to identify in a potential…

The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a review of its mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) scheme. The GDC introduced compulsory CPD for dentists in 2002 and for DCPs in 2008. The current requirements for both registrant categories have been in place since 2008 and the GDC believes the time is now right to undertake…

Does your smile freak you out, especially after just getting up in the morning? How about your dental hygiene – is it good? Do you brush and floss on a regular basis? What about your breath –is it as lovely as a spring morning, or do women and children run screaming from you when you…

Earlier this year the General Dental Council (GDC) successfully prosecuted a non-registered dental professional for performing tooth whitening. The result is likely to cause upheaval and confusion amongst the thousands of unlicensed beauty salons across the UK, and concern from customers worried about the safety and quality of service they are receiving. In one of…

Over-the-counter tooth bleaching kits should be scrapped in favour of in-surgery whitening under the prescription of a dentist only. That’s the view of whitening guru and Clinical Associate Professor of Warwick Medical School, Dr Wyman Chan, whose own-brand bleaching gel wy10 was at the centre of the recent whitening controversy. In an exclusive interview, he…

A leading dental implant supplier has generously played its part in putting the smile back on the face of patients in South America. Implantium donated a number of muco-periosteal elevators to the Mission Ecuador project, a week-long expedition organised by the Dental Community Fellowship based in South Carolina, which was assisted by Dr Nigel Mallon, owner…

A team of researchers at King’s College London and the Forsyth Institute have been awarded a large grant to compile the first comprehensive list of oral bacterial species. The Human Oral Microbiome Database provides descriptions of each species together with tools for analysis of their DNA. ANd the team scooped a grant made by the…

The Dental Complaints Service (DCS) is encouraging patients to talk more to their dental professional and be confident in asking questions about private dental treatment. The DCS helps dental patients and dental professionals in the UK resolve complaints about private dental services. They aim to do it fairly, efficiently, transparently and quickly by working with both…

Around 50 members of the dental trade gathered on Saturday 2 July at the renowned Birmingham Wheels Karting Centre for an unforgettable and exhilarating racing experience. The event returned for a third time following two popular and successful years, and was designed to widen engagement amongst individuals at all levels within member company organisations. It…

A dental company has produced a pink version of its oral spray in order to raise £60,000 for a cancer charity. Periproducts – sponsors of the Smile Awards 2012 – is offering practices a fund-raising kit, ribbons and a limited edition Pink Retardex spray so the dental team can help raised funds for the Breakthrough…