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COVID-19 – social media and family ‘most common’ sources of oral health information

Family, friends and social media – these were reportedly the most common sources of dental information during the pandemic.  This…

Dentistry

The hygienist’s blog – should I get a website?

Claire Berry explores whether having a website can help boost clinician’s patient numbers and create a return on investment. I…

Oral health

The doctor will see you now

Dentistry catches up with Jana Denzel, who reveals his hope to change the future for the better. What made you…

Young Dentist

CDO Sara Hurley announces change to fallow time requirements

Chief dental officer Sara Hurley has announced new changes to fallow time requirements in England. Fallow time following an aerosol-generating…

Dentistry

Live in clinic test of Dentaqua hypochlorous acid disinfection system

Anne O’Donnell tests the Dentaqua hypochlorus acid disinfection system and compares it to other current solutions on the market. Dentists…

Dentistry

Take a moment – let’s talk about imposter syndrome

Imposter syndrome is something many of us will experience during our time working in dentistry. Lauren Long explores ways to…

Dentistry

Top tips for intercalating as a dental student

Sneha Chotaliya discusses her top tips for any dental students who are considering intercalating whilst at dental school. She shares…

Young Dentist

Children who swim competitively six times more likely to have dental staining

Children who swim at a competitive standard are six times more likely to have dental staining. This is according to…

Oral health

You’re fired – same day milling in practice

What can labs do to combat same day milled in practice prostheses, that are cutting out the key middle man?…

Laboratory

Is digital dentistry still our ‘future’?

Is digital dentistry still our ‘future’, or is time to make it mainstream, asks Paul Abrahams. For some time now,…

Dentistry

Hundreds of NHS dental vacancies in Wales left unfilled

Fears are mounting over recruitment troubles after new statistics reveal there are hundreds of NHS dental vacancies in Wales. According…

Dentistry

What does the latest landmark deal mean for the dental practice market?

We speak to Paul Graham about the recent landmark deal between Real Good Dental and Trispan that Christie and Co…

Private Practice

One in four dentists in Scotland report depressive symptoms

More than one quarter of dentists in Scotland report ‘significant depressive’ symptoms amidst COVID-19. This is according to recent survey…

Dentistry Scotland

Dentistry Gym – sitting and the importance of movement

In this class, Khalil Hussein works on building some of the principles he has been talking about in previous Dentistry…

Dentistry

Uncovering dental caries – the importance of remineralisation and demineralisation

Allison Dooley and Nick Coller discuss the importance of remineralisation and demineralisation in the caries process. Dental caries is a…

Oral health

How I did it – Joanna Knox from Pure Dental Hygiene

Dental hygienist and practice principal, Joanne Knox, explains how she came to open Pure Dental Hygiene, her hygiene-only practice in…

Private Practice

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… No dental practices…

Dentistry

Dentures: managing unilateral posterior crossbites

Rizwaan Chaudhry discusses dentures and the importance of accepting subtle imperfections to get a positive final result. Posterior crossbite is…

Dentistry

Dentistry and medicine university places set to increase by more than 9,000 for 2021

The government is increasing the cap on the number of students undertaking medicine and dentistry at university. This move comes…

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