Dentistry

Dento-legal experts slam new local anaesthetic laws

Dental indemnity experts have slammed the recent changes in the law concerning dental hygienists and therapists and the prescription of…

Dentistry

Dental practice management software experts commit to continue work with DH

Practice management software company Software of Excellence have pledged to continue their work with the Department of Health in spite…

Dentistry

Obesity linked to ability to taste fat

Obese men are less good at tasting fat and less responsive to the effects of fat in the gut than…

Dentistry

Dentist’s ‘Slumdog Secret Millionaire’ evening raises £8,000

Guests at the Slumdog Secret Millionaire charity dinner held at the end of June were treated to a spectacular evening…

Dentistry

Twilight fans sink teeth into vampire fangs

Cosmetic dentists in the US are apparently getting requests for fangs from Twilight-mad moviegoers. The vampire film addicts are paying…

Dentistry

Old dental equipment cast-off is an eBay antique

A dental charity that farms out old dental equipment to developing countries is auctioning a donated 1916 dental air compressor…

Dentistry

Dental team in recruitment appeal

Dental care professionals are the focus of attention as the General Dental Council (GDC) recruits new Fitness to Practise panel…

Dentistry

News feature: Flying dental aid to Cambodia

There are only around 450 dentists and 330 dental nurses for a population of 15 million in Cambodia. Large numbers…

Dentistry

Dentists warn Dáil Committee of Medical Card patients’ suffering

Dentistry

Dental laser company cuts staff

A dental laser company has announced it is cutting staff and will be implementing cost-cutting measures in an effort to…

Dentistry

Botox approved for the prevention of chronic migraine

Botox has been approved as a preventive treatment for chronic migraine by the UK drugs regulator. It follows a trial…

Dentistry

HSE fails to quash dentists’ injunction

Dentistry

Renowned dentists teach ‘Records for Excellence’

Leading US clinical speakers David Newkirk and William Bo Bruce are in the UK in November at the invitation of…

Dentistry

Free dental products for people giving up smoking

Dentists in Kent are offering free dental products to patients who complete the NHS stop smoking course. NHS Eastern and…

Dentistry

Tooth whitening may improve oral health of elderly

A tooth-bleaching agent may improve the oral health of elderly and special needs patients. That’s according to US dentists who…

Dentistry

Winston Churchill’s false teeth up for auction

A set of dentures, belonging to Winston Churchill, have gone on sale – and are expected to fetch £5,000. The…

Dentistry

Funding suspension must be reversed, says BDA Northern Ireland

Dentistry

Spotlight on the International Symposium on Dental Hygiene

Delegates at this month’s International Symposium on Dental Hygiene were encouraged to rethink the systemic link between periodontal diseases and…

Dentistry

Essential CPD all in one day

CPD Essentials is a seminar that promises to deliver the GDC’s annual requirement of verifiable CPD in the five core…

Dentistry