Dentistry

PRSI eligibility confusion highlighted in Dáil debate

Dentistry

Plasma jets to blast away tooth decay

Bacteria in the mouth that causes tooth decay could be blasted away by plasma jets. That’s the latest dental innovation,…

Dentistry

Dentists’ emergency meeting urges caution

Dentistry

Studies advise on fluoridated toothpaste use in children

Dentistry

Experts advise on fluoride toothpaste for kids

Parents should use toothpastes that contain fluoride with a minimum concentration of 1,000 parts per million to prevent tooth decay…

Dentistry

Experts advise on fluoride toothpaste for kids

Parents should use toothpastes that contain fluoride with a minimum concentration of 1,000 parts per million to prevent tooth decay…

Dentistry

New concepts for dental hygiene

New concepts in dental hygiene is the topic of a meeting aimed at dental hygienists and therapists throughout the UK.…

Dentistry

£17 million dental school unveiled

A dental school in an area where more than 31,000 people do not have access to a dentist was opened…

Dentistry

2010 innovative dental student awards

The final of the Dentsply Student Clinician programme takes place in Edinburgh next month. Supported by the BDA, the awards…

Dentistry

RCSI celebrates 200 years on St. Stephen’s Green

Dentistry

Taxman targets dentists in hunt for evaders

Dentists are being targeted in a new HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) crackdown on tax dodgers. If they make a full…

Dentistry

Dental nurses call on PM to slash GDC fees

Dental nurses are petitioning the prime minister in a bid to reduce the annual retention fee (ARF) they have to…

Dentistry

A fresh start

01-01-10 has a very modern, digital sort of a ring to it, don’t you think? The start of a new…

Dentistry

Dentists and divorce

Can a surgery be seen as a real estate asset or the proceeds from the business be part of a…

Dentistry

Half a million cash jab for dental research

The University of Plymouth is to provide £500,000 funding for the Peninsula Dental School to pursue three important areas of…

Dentistry

Teeth trauma main reason for claims against anaesthetists

More than half the claims against anaesthetists in a 10-year period were allegations of dental damage mainly caused by laryngoscopes.…

Dentistry

Dentist Trevor Payne dies

Tributes have been paid to dentist Trevor Payne, former stalwart of  the BDA and secretary to the Barnet LDC and…

Dentistry

Test chemicals in fluoride, demand protesters

The anti-fluoride lobby is calling for fluoride to be licensed as a medicine in another bid to ban it from…

Dentistry

Scientists work on vaccine for mouth cancer

DNA test could be key to targetting treatments for head and neck cancer. Scientists at the University of Liverpool have…

Dentistry