Dentistry

Sonicare AirFloss gets charity approval

Philips, makers of the dentists’ most favoured sonic toothbrush worldwide recently launched the Sonicare AirFloss, an easy, effective way to…

Dentistry

Unhealthy food taxes welcomed

According to the National Heart Forum (NHF), new duties on foods known to be unhealthy should form part of public…

Dentistry

Web tooth-whitening salesman jailed

Barrington Charles Armstrong Thorpe was sentenced to eight months in prison followed by an additional eight months under license under…

Dentistry

GDC suspends council member

This follows David Smith’s referral to the Privy Council as a result of on-going Fitness to Practise proceedings.  The suspension…

Dentistry

Dentists to school patients on oral cancer

UK-wide dental defence organisation MDDUS is reminding dentists to play their part in achieving early detection of oral cancer by…

Dentistry

Lesley jumps to raise funds

Lesley Naismith, support manager at Software of Excellence, put aside her fear of flying and heights in September, when she…

Dentistry

Date announced for 2013 UK Cerec Symposium

Henry Schein and Dental Innovations are delighted to confirm the date of the much-anticipated 2013 UK Cerec Symposium as being…

Dentistry

IDH to launch dental academy

Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) has announced the creation of a Dental Academy, providing leading edge clinical training for its dentists,…

Dentistry

Dentists join anti-bullying drive

Inline Orthodontics, the only specialist orthodontics practice in Stevenage, is conducting an anti-bullying campaign during Anti Bullying Week between 19…

Dentistry

Fed up with the hard sell?

For many years the consultants have been teaching dentists how to ‘sell’ treatment plans. But patients hate being sold to…

Dentistry

Fill in a dental survey, win an iPhone 5

The Dental Survey is back! Following the great response received to the two previous Dental Surveys – completed in 2010…

Dentistry

Gain discount on aesthetics day

Kerr is offering readers a special discount on a new roadshow kicking off later this month. Simply quote ‘GGC’ and…

Dentistry

A guide to dentists’ finances, part five

Part 5: Countdown to retirement In this final article, we look at the steps dentists should be taking over the…

Dentistry

Do not keep it in the family

This is the advice from NASDAL to all dentists tempted to form a partnership with a family member. There are…

Dentistry

Time to chat?

A dentist told me of a patient who was a long-distance lorry driver and who had visited her for many…

Dentistry

The new business roundabout

I am always hearing that, for all the years it takes to train to be a dentist, there is probably…

Dentistry

Dental Commissioning stats released

These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by Primary Care Trusts as at the end…

Dentistry

Spain plays host to key perio experts

Leading European and North America experts in the field of periodontology meet next week to discussing the systemic links between…

Dentistry

Stop! All change for pensions

When you look around your practice, you can quickly pick out the things that really make the practice run. Firstly,…

Dentistry