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The new University of Portsmouth Dental Academy has marked its successful launch as an innovative centre for dental training by opening its doors to a host of visitors and students. Professor Nairn Wilson CBE, Dean and Head of King’s College London Dental Institute (KCLDI), joined colleagues and students from Portsmouth in welcoming the first cohort…
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Dentale, specialising in training dentists to complete implant procedures, has formalised an agreement with the Institute of Postgraduate Dental Education at UCLan (University of Central Lancashire) to offer practical training for postgraduate students studying for an MSc in Aesthetic Dental Implantology. Students will attend Dentale’s clinic to gain vocational experience of placing and restoring implants…
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Helping to explode the myths of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the new regulatory requirements facing the dental industry, Practice Plan, a UK provider of custom-branded dental membership plans in conjunction with Apolline present a series of bespoke, informative events. The events feature special guest speakers Dr Pat Langley and Dr Jerry Watson who…
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A new aesthetic-restorative hands-on course for the GDP is designed to offer training that is second to none. The 12-day course will be delivered over six months in two-day mdouels at The Academy of Clincal Excellence in Wakefield. The aesthetic-restorative hands-on course for the GDP will give dentists practical skills that can be implemented in…
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DentEd is a leading provider of continuous professional development (CPD) for both dentists and dental Care professionals (DCPs). Courses range from dental radiography to cross infection control to specialist practice related subjects on taxation, law and finance. DentEd’s charitable drive has seen them make donations to a number of worthy causes. Most recently, DentEd has…
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A new study has quashed the notion that there is a link between asthma and cavities in children. Is There a Relationship between Asthma and Dental Caries?: A Critical Review of the Literature examined 27 separate studies which looked for a link between asthma and cavities that were reported in 29 papers published between 1976…
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As part of its dedication to the marketing needs of dental practitioners, Admor has anounced the addition of a new range of charity calendars to its popular collection of personalised Christmas products. The calendars offer dentists the opportunity to support two worthwhile dental charities, namely Dentaid and the BDA Benevolent Fund, while also providing practices…
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ELGA Process Water, the leading supplier of Dental Reverse Osmosis water systems, opens an on-line shop for UK customers Meeting the water quality specifications for HTM 01-05 is now even easier! You can now buy your dental reverse osmosis water system, consumables and accessories on-line. You’ll save time and money by shopping at ELGA’s new online…
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HealthyWhite Christmas for twoMarket research shows a consistent rise in patient demand for tooth whitening year on year and this ramps up in the festive season. It is also the time of the year when more sales of electronic goods are made than any other. So, in the run-up to Christmas, dental professionals are being…
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Associate dentists are being urged to attend the National Franchise Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC next month to learn more about the ‘third way’ of setting up their own practice. Peter Thompson, from Ideal Dental Care, hopes that associates who go to the event will get a flavour for how franchising works and how it is…
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If you are a dental technician, you will already be aware of the need to comply with the Department of Health’s decontamination policy for dental practices, HTM 01-05. Recent revisions have confirmed that water for manual cleaning and final rinse (washer disinfector/sterilisers) can be performed with potable water as long as the water hardness is…
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ELGA Process Water provides pure water technologies and service support for a wide range of healthcare applications, such as dentistry, endoscope decontamination, sterile services, pathology, ENT and renal dialysis. The BIOPURE product family has been designed specifically to meet the latest standards within each sector of healthcare and with full scalability of water flow rates…
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My day begins at 5.00am every weekday as I am an early riser. I have a set routine and am a creature of habit. I have a 15-year-old son who I have to ensure is up, fed and showered with his school bag packed. My husband travels a great deal with his work as a…
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A dental practice that prides itself on its oral cancer screening has scooped a top regional prize for staff training. Perfect 32 dental practice has achieved exemplary standards of clinical care through its investment in the dental team, resulting in its referral rates doubling since 2007. As a result, the team has been chosen as…
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Health minister Lord Howe has agreed that Professor Jimmy Steele will assist in shaping new dental contract pilot proposals going forward. The Government will publish proposals for piloting a new dentistry contract by December, he announced today. Following a meeting with Professor Jimmy Steele, who led an Independent Review of NHS dentistry last year, Lord…
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A new state-of-the-art dental practice in the Canada Water area has opened for NHS patients. NHS Southwark has commissioned the new service, Canada Water Dental Health, to meet the local need for another NHS dental practice in the area. The practice is located on Surrey Quays Road, directly adjacent to the Canada Water tube station and…
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Dr Thomas Ulmer MEP and Dr Cristian Silviu Busoi MEP marked the 3rd annual World Oral Health Day by issuing a call to action for better oral health in Europe to John Dalli, European commissioner for health and consumer policy. The MEPs are challenging the European Union (EU) to make progress in combating oral diseases…
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A brand new guide introducing young dentists to the world of dentistry is published this week. The Young Dentists Handbook 2010 will be sent out to all final-year dental students throughout the UK, foundation dentists and those who qualified in the last one to five years. Published by the experts at Dentistry magazine, this inaugural…
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