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Scottish Parliament told to tackle dentistry
The British Dental Association has challenged those standing for election to the Scottish Parliament on 3 May to solve the…
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Working against the clock – and under live supervision
Objective Clinical Skills Examinations, or OCSEs as they are more commonly known, are held in trepidation by clinical-stage dental students…
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Apex location and apical gauging
A vital determinant in providing predictable endodontic results is the ability to accurately locate the minor constriction (MC) of the…
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Forging better partnerships with laboratories
The dental laboratory is a critical partner in practice success. Or at least it should be. The relationship that dentists…
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Myths of motivation
If you have ever lost patients when you felt like you were offering them the best treatment anywhere, you may…
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Fixed versus removable implant prostheses
Periodontal disease often results in the inevitable loss of teeth. For many patients, a clearance in one or both jaws…
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Up, up and away
When speaking to young dentists about what they want out of their career, most of them will say their own…
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Make sure your wishes come true
Incredibly, the majority of adults (55%) have not made a will[1]. Despite it being quite a morose subject to think…
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The bite splint experience
What is your problem? Dr LD Pankey began all his interviews and examinations with this question. He knew that no…
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Adapting your care appropriately
We all grow older chronologically. It is a fact. However, there is a growing gap, in this day and age,…
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What dentists can learn from Ronald Reagan
Whatever else you may have thought of him, Ronald Reagan was a leader if ever there was one. People followed…
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Getting a VT place
Your final year at dental school will probably end up being one of the busiest and most stressful times of…
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Fancy a cuppa?
Potable tea as a water infusion of young leaves from the tea tree (botanical name Camellia sinensis) is one of…
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Sorting out your finances
One of our most popular New Year resolutions after keeping fit or losing weight is to sort out our finances.…
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Damage limitation
The vast majority of patient interactions go well and without dispute, but sooner or later many dentists experience the distress…
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Playing with puzzles
Early referral is always the best option in this instance. That said, for a host of reasons, referral may not…
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All at sea
For final-year dental students, the arrival of February is announced by the sound of vocational training (VT) application packs falling…
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Keeping calm
Following on from my last article, my second story about being defensive features a long-term dental phobic. The first time…
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Why the ears are so important in periodontics
In my previous article I argued the case for a number of candidates for the most important instruments in periodontics.…
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