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Starting a new lab – the Andy Fairbanks way

Andy Fairbanks gives a light-hearted look into his journey as a dental technician and how he set up his new…

Laboratory

Middle-age lung screening to be offered to smokers and ex-smokers

Everyone who has ever smoked tobacco in England will be offered lung screenings when they hit middle age.  The new…

Oral health

People seek dental treatment at Glastonbury due to access troubles at home

Festival goers at Glastonbury sought dental treatment after having trouble finding appointments at home, according to a charity. Festival Medical…

Dentistry

Tap into the NHS to private dream team

  Practice Plan and Wesleyan discuss how to get started with the transition from NHS to private with some key…

NHS to Private

The Secret Dentist – the only way to save the NHS?

‘When will we realise that nothing is going to happen without drastic action?’ asks The Secret Dentist. Time to throw…

Dentistry

Small steps for a big impact

We all know the power of prevention, but sharing those messages with children reminds you that a lot of people…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 24 June 2023

It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Dental profession…

Dentistry

Technically Speaking – why Pride Month is for everyone

‘Pride Month is not just for the LGBTQ+ community’: Emily and Eleanor Pittard discuss what Pride Month really means, why…

Columnists

More than 1.3 billion adults will have diabetes by 2050, says study

The number of adults living with diabetes across the world will more than double by 2050.  This is according to…

Dentistry

The Windrush generation – celebrating 75 years

Seventy five years after HMT Empire Windrush arrived in London, Rebecca Silver sheds a light on the story of the…

Dentistry

Dentistry ‘hit hardest’ by COVID-19 within NHS in Scotland

Professionals have warned that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an ‘unparalleled impact’ on NHS dentistry in Scotland, leaving the service…

Dentistry Scotland

Introducing Laboratory’s Leading 20!

FMC is pleased to announce Laboratory’s Leading 20 – a brand new initiative recognising influence, skill and impact in dental…

Laboratory

Breaking down barriers around women, aesthetics and the pressure to ‘look young’

‘Telling women they should be happy with the way they look isn’t empowerment, it’s suppression’ – we hear from dental…

Aesthetic dentistry

The gateway to digital

Join Marcos White on Wednesday 28 June at 7pm as he discusses the gateway to digital – sign up now!…

Dentistry

Dental profession has lost faith in the GDC, poll suggests

A recent poll has found that 99.5% of dental professionals do not think the GDC is fit to regulate. On…

Dentistry

90 seconds with… Kunal Rai

Kunal Rai discusses his most rewarding experience in dentistry, his ambitions for the future and what he’s passionate about away…

AI & technology

Clinical Dentistry Awards: it’s time to submit your entries

Entry is officially open for the 2023 Clinical Dentistry Awards. With less than two weeks to go until the deadline,…

Clinical Dentistry

Changes made to performance level tolerance for NHS dentistry

NHS England has revised its performance level tolerance to ‘support the ongoing recovery of dental services’. In a statement released…

Dentistry

Test the limits of your dental team

‘I would recommend it to anyone who works in a team’: Integrated Training Events (ITE) offers a tailored, transformational team…

Dentistry