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The green hygienist – five things practices can do to make a sustainable change

Lottie Manahan reveals her top five tips for embracing the green lifestyle and making your dental practice more sustainable. A…

Oral health

Dentistry’s 2021 round up

This year was another abnormal 12 months rocked by the pandemic. Here we sum up the year’s biggest headlines in…

Dentistry

Practise makes perfect – The 12 days of Christmas…

Nigel Jones suggests the public is more open to a core NHS service following the COVID pandemic than it was…

Dentistry

Driving home for Christmas – dental nurse surprised with plane ticket to see family

A dental nurse was gifted a surprise plane ticket by her colleagues to visit her family over Christmas. Kitija Jaksta,…

Dentistry

Case study – same-day smile makeover: a digital workflow

Filipe Amante presents a clinical case that follows a full digital workflow to restore a patient’s upper maxillary incisors. Cosmetic…

Dentistry

NHS targets increase to 85% in 2022 – the reaction

This week, chief dental officer Sara Hurley announced that NHS targets will increase to 85% from January.  And from April,…

Dentistry

Case study – utilising composite layering and direct filling

Linda Greenwall presents a case study utilising composite layering and direct filling following tooth whitening. This case demonstrates the use…

Aesthetic dentistry

CDO Sara Hurley releases 2022 update for NHS dentistry

Chief dental officer Sara Hurley has unveiled the latest targets for NHS dental practices in the run up to Christmas. …

Dentistry

Mandatory vaccine for dental staff – for and against

One agrees and the other opposes – we hear from two dental professionals about how they view the Covid-19 vaccine…

Dentistry

Pärla – six months on from Dragon’s Den, what happened next?

We speak to Simon Chard about Pärla six months after the team appeared on Dragon’s Den…and turned down an offer.…

Oral health

Soft tissue management for large bone augmentation

Alfonso Rao discusses the use of soft tissue grafting procedures ahead of dental implant treatment and the use of and…

Implant dentistry

Devon ‘worst affected’ by struggle to take on new NHS patients

Dentists in Devon have been forced to stop taking on new NHS patients, according to new findings. In its latest…

Dentistry

Chris McConnell – becoming BACD president and what it means

As Chris McConnell becomes BACD president, we speak to him about his time at the BACD, how he became president…

Aesthetic dentistry

Did Covid-19 really lead to DIY dentistry?

DIY dentistry was one of the most significant outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to a new study…

Dentistry

Why Michael Bentley loves working for Practice Plan

Michael Bentley discusses how reliable Practice Plan is to work with and how it has helped his career. Michael Bentley’s…

NHS to Private

Prosthodontips – smile design

The final Prosthodontips column of the year from Zo Ali and Josh Sharpling is all about smile design. As patients…

Private Practice

Endodontics: single versus multiple visit

Omar Ikram, Tyler Neal and Richard Mounce consider the indications, contraindications, and the optimal treatment environment for both single and…

Endodontics

Wesleyan Financial Services appoints new head of dental

Wesleyan Financial Services has appointed Iain Stevenson as its new head of the dental segment. With dedicated specialist financial advisers…

NHS to Private

A special thank you to the dental profession

Ahmad Nounu sends a thank you to the dental profession after the challenging year we’ve all just come through. These…

Dentistry