Dentistry

Jargon-free contract update welcomed

The Department of Health has issued an online publication: Dental Contract Reform Programme Early Findings: Opportunity to give feedback. It…

Dentistry

Website clarifies grey area of whitening

Under the guidance of the Tooth Whitening Information Group, a new website – www.safetoothwhitening.org – aims to educate and inform…

Dentistry

Unleash potential through direct access

Direct access was introduced from 1 May 2013 for GDC registered dental hygienists and therapists. Patients can now visit dental…

Dentistry

Wesleyan acquires Practice Plan

Practice Plan, the leading provider of practice-branded dental membership plans, has today been acquired by Wesleyan Assurance Society. This will…

Dentistry

Ban lifted on HIV-positive dentists

  The ban on HIV-positive dentists practising dentistry is to be lifted from April 2014, the government announced today (Thursday).…

Dentistry

Doing it the right way

On Saturday 28 September, Dental Maintenance Plan (DMP) and Dentabyte Ltd will be co-hosting an event, featuring celebrated guest speakers…

Dentistry

Prepare to be gobsmacked

Yorkshire-based theatre company Amerrycan Productions introduces Gobsmell; a quirky, screwball comedy musical about a failing NHS dental practice, the wily…

Dentistry

Beware of fake dental devices

The importation and sale of counterfeit medical products is a significant issue for the dental industry and the BDTA urges…

Dentistry

Employees stick with dental plans

In a recent survey conducted by Dental Plan, 63% of employees without a dental plan saying they would consider one…

Dentistry

Dental claims and complaints increase

The DDU, the specialist division of the Medical Defence Union (MDU), saw a 32% increase in dental claims files and…

Dentistry

Woody Allen film angers dentists

Woody Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine, has provoked a backlash from New York dentists, who claim the film sheds a…

Dentistry

Sun, sea, sand and… snacking?

In a survey conducted by the British Dental Health Foundation, almost three in ten of us (29%) would prefer a…

Dentistry

Perfect record for dental nursing course

Staff and students of the National Diploma in Dental Nursing delivered by Plymouth University are celebrating the news that all…

Dentistry

Reaching new heights

Periodontal disease is believed by some to be the fundamental dental disease in the UK. Dr Philip Greene, current president…

Dentistry

New head of dentistry at Manchester

Professor Paul Coulthard has been appointed as the new head of School of Dentistry at The University of Manchester Dental…

Dentistry

Fluoride may be dead

Health ministers have been asked to confirm that a bid to add fluoride to tap water in Hampshire is over…

Dentistry

Crackdown on teeth whitening

An MP has hailed the potential to finally target the lucrative high-street industry – with beauticians at risk of prosecution…

Dentistry

Mid Wessex cosmetic dentistry boom

Murray Hawkins, an award winning dentist from Dorset has pointed out that the four business awards presented to his practice…

Dentistry

Call for NHS patient safety

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) welcomes the Review’s recommendations to achieve this central aim.   Fiona Erasmus, the…

Dentistry