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It’s time Scotland had a dental exhibition it can be proud of – introducing the Edinburgh Dentistry Show. Scotland is finally getting the dental exhibition it deserves, the Edinburgh Dentistry Show will be taking place at the Corn Exchange on 22 June. Best of all, it’s completely free to attend! ‘Dentists and the whole dentistry team…
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Following Botulinum Toxin Club’s (BTC) ‘Outstanding business of the year’ win at the Dental Industry Awards, Dentistry.co.uk caught up with its founder, Dr Harry Singh, to get the inside scoop on his success. How did you get involved in facial aesthetics? After qualifying from Leeds Dental School in 1996, I followed the traditional VT, associate…
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Dentistry.co.uk: Can you give us a brief background on yourself and how you got to designing the product that took you to Dragon’s Den? Sian Ellingworth (SE): I went to study dentistry at Newcastle. Basically, I didn’t work hard enough and completely messed up my first year. However, I’m not sure dentistry would have suited…
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FMC is offering you a chance to win a Kindle Fire, simply by filling in this short survey. We are committed to developing the best and most informative magazines and websites that we can possibly produce. In order to achieve this, we’d like to ascertain your views on how you utilise the various media and online information…
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Half (50%) of the UK public have consumed at least one Easter-related chocolate treat already, new research shows. Despite Easter still being a week away, 23% of adults have bought and consumed one full-sized Easter egg. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), which undertook the survey, is calling on retailers to curb their early…
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Software of Excellence explains why going paperless could be an opportunity for practices. In less than four weeks’ time, NHS England will stop accepting paper claims for courses of dental treatment and all claims will have to be made electronically. Any practice with an NHS contract, that has not yet made provision for these changes needs…
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EU staff will have their qualifications and registration recognised in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says. Up to 63,000 NHS staff who qualified in the EU will have their training by regulatory bodies in the UK. The regulatory bodies this will apply to include: General Dental Council General Medical Council Nursing and Midwifery Council General…
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Biohorizons is delighted to announce that Dr Stephen Jacobs and Dr Ignacio Sanz Sánchez will be presenting a morning of augmentation techniques and implant treatment planning at the ADI Team Congress on Thursday 2 May 2019. From 9:00 to 10:15, Dr Jacobs will cover how to select the grafting technique most appropriate to the clinical…
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More than 20 NHS dental staff have been placed on gardening leave after a private company failed to take their contracts. The NHS dental contract at the Flying Scotsman wasn’t renewed by Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust due to ‘financial reasons’. Concerns were raised by Unison, which claims the three-month time frame to move staff to the…
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The fear of being sued causes stress and anxiety to 77% of dental professionals, a Dental Protection survey shows. Results of the survey are being released to coincide with Stress Awareness Month this April. Dental Protection claims studies have shown healthcare professionals often don’t seek help when they find themselves in such circumstances. ‘Stress can impact on…
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Colin Campbell lists five reasons implant dentistry can be a great thing to get involved in. Firstly, let’s get the money thing out of the way. The ability to earn huge sums of money in implant dentistry, as was the way in the early 2000s, has been lost to all but a very few practitioners.…
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Innovative Intego treatment centres from Dentsply Sirona are now available with integrated Cavitron ultrasonic scaler technology, a pivotal feature in maintaining the periodontal health of patients. The problem of peri-implantitis In implant dentistry, peri-implantitis is a growing problem as many more patients are treated with dental implants. It’s an infectious disease that causes a destructive…
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Four in five Brits (79%) who fear the dentist are put off receiving dental advice, a new study shows. The study conducted by the Centre for Dentistry shows that 34% of Brits fear the dentist’s chair. Overall, 41% of Brits will seek advice on poor oral health, despite only 6% being happy with their smile. ‘Dental anxiety…
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DB Orthodontics is delighted to announce its exclusive partnership with Opro sports mouthguards. Protecting the dental or orthodontic treatments of patients with a quality sports mouthguard, which costs the price of lunch seems like a no-brainer. This is why DB Orthodontics has teamed with Opro mouthguards to highlight how easy it is for clinicians to…
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The NHS dental budget would be better spent elsewhere than on routine scaling and polishing of teeth. That’s according to a new study, led by Newcastle University and the RAINDROP project. RAINDROP (Resource Allocation In NHS Dentistry: Recognition Of Societal Preferences) has been created to find a better way of making decisions about how the NHS dental budget is spent.…
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Belmont celebrates its 60th anniversary, explaining what it currently stands for and what its products can do. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Belmont’s presence in the UK, having been the head office for its European operations since 1959. During that time, the company ethos has never changed – every new product must improve both the…
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DB Orthodontics is delighted to announce its exclusive partnership with Opro sports mouthguards. Protecting the dental or orthodontic treatments of patients with a quality sports mouthguard which costs the price of lunch seems like a no-brainer. This is why DB Orthodontics has teamed with Opro mouthguards to highlight how easy it is for clinicians to…
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is increasing its fees for the dental sector by £0.6 million for 2019/20. It claims this is to ‘better align the cost of regulation with the fees collected.’ It’s also increasing fees for community social care by £1.5 million and decreasing fees for residential social care by £0.8 million. ‘From…
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