Dentistry

Good news travels fast

The process we call PR is happening all around us, all the time. Any and all communication results in others…

Dentistry

Miles more Smiles

Dr Kim Taylor, who recently won a prestigious MyFaceMyBody award, will be joining Private Dentistry’s Best Dental Practice UK 2012,…

Dentistry

The Laboratory Awards 2013

In March, Laboratory magazine revealed its new image for 2013 – a glossy, modern and brighter look for the UK’s…

Dentistry

Is the future over before it has begun?

Earlier this year, Chancellor George Osbourne reiterated the government's intention to implement a new type of employment contract by 1…

Dentistry

Dentists told to ‘go compare’

The government is to urge all dentists to join a 'comparison website' – amid concerns they are falling behind doctors…

Dentistry

Dental caries ‘a national disgrace’

Dentist Barry McGonigle, the new BDA president, described the continuing problem of preventable disease ‘as a national disgrace’ as he…

Dentistry

A new hole or a deeper hole?

When we amble around the corridors of any dental exhibition, or sit in a conference auditorium or seminar room for…

Dentistry

Dental date move

The start date for Dental Foundation and Dental Core Training will be moving to early September to improve supervision of…

Dentistry

Dental practice design: Get Inn!

The project Dental INN has been designed by the architect Peter Stasek as a dental facility in form of a therapy-lounge…

Dentistry

Gum disease awareness campaign launches

New research in the field of periodontology suggests that there are links between healthy gums and general wellbeing, including systemic…

Dentistry

Experts warn over needlestick risk

The new EU Directive on needlestick safety that aims to crack down on the one million needlestick injuries each year…

Dentistry

NHS contract awaits start date

The department of health (DH) was asked for progress on the shake-up, as it prepared to launch the second wave…

Dentistry

Barriers to direct access come down

At a meeting on 28 March 2013 the General Dental Council (GDC) voted to remove its barrier to direct access…

Dentistry

May 1 be with you!

May Day used to be marked in Oxford by some students jumping off the Magdalen College Bridge into the River…

Dentistry

Heart Your Smile’s Innovation 360°

The dental charity, aimed at promoting positivity within the profession as well as to the public, is looking for ways…

Dentistry

BDA honours for 2013 announced

They will be formally presented at the BDA’s annual Honours and Awards evening in November. The announcement was made at…

Dentistry

GDP implant restoration revolution accelerates

For general dental practitioners with patients who have lost any or all of their natural teeth, it is now even…

Dentistry

Dentists renew pledge to battle whitening cowboys

The British Dental Association (BDA) has issued a fresh call for illegal tooth whitening by non-dental professionals to be stamped…

Dentistry

Dentist ban could cut truancy

  The department for education has declined to back one city’s call for dentists to refuse to treat children during…

Dentistry