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Contemporary Hygienist – the additional skills you need that they don’t tell you about

This month Claire Berry and Faye Donald discuss the additional and unexpected skills you may find you need to be…

Oral health

The Secret Dentist: does the pressure ever stop?

This month the Secret Dentist discusses how to protect your sanity from daily pressure and the key to a happy…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 25 March 2023

Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Parliamentary inquiry into the state…

Dentistry

Almost one quarter of five year olds in England experienced dental decay last year

The dental profession is calling for urgent change after a new study reveals there has been no improvement in decay…

Oral health

Total Orthodontics – the curse of the black triangle

‘The curse of the black triangle cannot be ignored’: Richard Jones, a specialist orthodontist at Total Orthodontics, part of Bupa…

Orthodontics

How does Ramadan impact oral health?

As the holy month of Ramadan starts for Muslims around the world, Sakina Syed explains how fasting can impact oral…

Health & research

A Dental Student’s Guide to… extraction of primary teeth

Hannah Hook breaks down the guidance around the extraction of primary teeth, including balancing and compensating extractions, and how to…

Young Dentist

‘Some children have never seen a toothbrush’ – concern increases over children’s oral health

A dentist who volunteers in schools has said that some children in Norfolk ‘have never seen a toothbrush’. Stuart McCance…

Health & research

Digital implant dentistry – simplifying the multi-disciplinary case

Join Dr Sinead McEnhill on Tuesday 28 March at 7pm as she discusses digital implant dentistry: simplifying the multi-disciplinary case.…

Implant dentistry

‘My priority in life was my career’: balancing work with motherhood

Deepa Bharakhda discusses deciding to start a family alongside her career, the challenges of juggling her family and work life,…

Laboratory

Kevin Lewis – woke-up call

Kevin Lewis is excited to discover that he has a pronoun and a noun, and heads off in search of…

Dentistry

Laboratory magazine: refreshed, revitalised, relaunched

FMC is delighted to announce the relaunch of Laboratory magazine – a publication dedicated to promoting technical excellence. Have you…

Laboratory

Parliamentary inquiry into the state of NHS dentistry has opened

This morning, the Health and Social Care Committee received ‘brutally honest’ oral evidence on the state of NHS dentistry from…

Dentistry

The Bollywood Dentist Dil Se Ball: a ‘remarkable evening’

After the Dil Se Ball was a huge success, Jaswinder Gill discusses the story behind the event, what the evening…

Dentistry

Endodontics 101 – Hydraulic cements

In this month’s Endodontics 101 column, Josette Camilleri discusses the properties and uses of hydraulic cements in endodontics.  Introduction Endodontic…

Dentistry

How are dental professionals tackling the oral health crisis in schools?

As 20 March marks World Oral Health Day, seven dental professionals discuss how they are actively helping to tackle the…

Health & research

Reconstructing the dentition of a human skull

Stephen Vincent discusses his journey into dental technology, his plans to open a new laboratory and his latest project involving…

Dentistry

Care home residents facing worst of NHS dentistry access crisis

Following a CQC review which highlights the lack of access to NHS dentistry for care home residents, the BDA has…

Oral health

The major struggle of dental recruitment in Scotland

As is the case across the four nations, a major struggle for dentists in Scotland at the moment is the…

NHS to Private