Dentistry

Dbg membership

A good membership organisation will be able to give dental professionals both immediate and ongoing benefits.  They should be able…

Dentistry

New CPD offering from Wrigley

A timely launch for those 40,000 or so dental care professionals still yet to achieve their minimum requirement of compulsory…

Dentistry

Fixed-teeth-in-a-day

United Smile Centres are completely dedicated to providing an outstanding referral service for all full-arch rehabilitation cases. Using its exciting…

Dentistry

Put a smile on someone’s face

The National Smile Transformation competition, offering the chance for one person to undergo a complete smile makeover free of charge,…

Dentistry

News analyisis: GDC – could do better

Every year the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) publishes a report on the performance reviews it…

Dentistry

Cosmetic dentistry review welcomed

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) has welcomed the possibility of a review of cosmetic dentistry. Sir Bruce Keogh’s…

Dentistry

Wirral man unlawfully practised dentistry

On Tuesday 9 July, Andrew Thom appeared at Wirral Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to unlawfully practising dentistry contrary to…

Dentistry

The power of the online reviewer

Online has become the first place for everything; whether it’s knowledge, purchases or entertainment, we either 'Google it' or find…

Dentistry

A safe future for conscious sedation

The Society for Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) has released its proposed Framework Tool for Guidance of Commissioning NHS…

Dentistry

Difference between custom and market teeth guards

Knowing that one in three adults grind their teeth while asleep is not much of a consolation if you are…

Dentistry

First-time buyer dentist loses out to mortgage policy

An associate dentist with income in excess of £60,000 was recently refused a mortgage of £180,000 because they fell four…

Dentistry

Final call for entries to the Dentistry Scotland Awards!

The entries are coming in thick and fast for this year’s Dentistry Scotland Awards and once again we look forward…

Dentistry

Forewarned is forearmed – the BDA has a duty

Last week, I attended the Westminster Health Forum seminar, in what has now become an annual event to discuss what…

Dentistry

Best ingredients in sugarfree gum?

A study in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene has revealed that herbal extracts and antimicrobial agents in sugarfree gum…

Dentistry

Keep calm and gain your CPD

Almost 40,000 dental care professionals (DCPs) come to the end of their first five year cycle of continuing professional development…

Dentistry

Nasal spray could ease dental fears

An experimental nasal spray can provide maxillary dental anesthesia equivalent to a lidocaine injection, new studies show. The phase 2…

Dentistry

New chief executive for MHRA

The Department of Health has today announced the appointment of Dr Ian Hudson as chief executive of the Medicines and…

Dentistry

Pointing to success

As ‘Talking Points’ in dentistry celebrated its 28th year of excellence in learning, the popular lecture series attracted over 3000…

Dentistry

Enter Dental Showcase prize draw

The UK’s biggest dental exhibition has announced an exciting prize draw for those who register for BDTA Dental Showcase 2013…

Dentistry