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Strategies for prevention
The problem with inflammatory periodontal disease is that it is often detected too late and treatment made more complex as…
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Private provision
Many dental practitioners are moving their practices over to more private work. But while the headline earnings of private work…
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Contractually obliged
Contracts come in all shapes and sizes. But whatever form they take, if you sign one with an employer, principal,…
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Sheffield united
Outreach is the dental education buzzword of the 21st century. And as more dental schools embrace this new way of…
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Curved canals are plain sailing
Instrumentation of curved canals is like a mountain climber who seeks to scale a significant mountain. If the preparation is…
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Earth connection
No-one would deny that computer and other electronic equipment is now an essential part of any dental practice. Even the…
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Safe and sound
It is only natural that dentists want to make their practices as safe as possible. Accidents happen relatively rarely but…
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Simply the best
Manchester School of Dentistry is proud to be different. It has made its mark in the world of dental education…
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First time lucky
The state of the housing market is rarely out of the news these days, and with house prices on a…
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Treating patients not plaintiffs
While many claims in the courts for damages against dentists can at first appear easily defensible, it all too often…
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Ortho and an English patient
Last year I had a teenage patient, Josie, who presented with buried upper canines that were buccally placed in the…
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All change
By now most of you who have been practising under the NHS will have either signed the new contract or…
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Survival of the fittest
As the Department of Health’s juggernaut careers towards the start of the new dentists’ ‘contrick’ there is still a major…
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Power of the press
Advertising and PR are still relatively new concepts to most UK dentists, yet interest in them is booming. That is…
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Boutique surgery
So there I was, in Herefordshire at 9pm on a cold Monday night in early March, following directions to an…
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Paid in full?
Under the new General Dental Services (GDS) contract, payments to dentists should become much simpler because the monthly amount will…
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An online presence
Many practice managers dwell over whether their businesses should have a website. In my opinion even dental practices, which invariably…
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A competitive advantage
NHS dentistry is facing its biggest shake up in 50 years. Under increasing pressure to improve both productivity and raise…
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Profile of GKT Dental Institute
Dental courses around the UK are changing. The last few years have seen schools develop different approaches to the way…
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