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The 2021 awards – submit your entries now!

It’s that time of year again. Our awards are back – and we want you to get involved! We are…

Dentistry

SNP pledge to scrap all NHS dental charges if re-elected

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has pledged to abolish all NHS dental charges if it is re-elected. First Minister Nicola…

Dentistry

Tooth substitutions in orthodontic treatment

Ricky E Harrell discusses how to manage space for teeth that are either congenitally missing or lost due to disease…

Orthodontics

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Kilcoyne discusses significant concerns at the BDA after resigning for a second time

After resigning twice from the BDA PEC board, Tony Kilcoyne says significant concerns remain. What has happened to cause you…

Dentistry

Water fluoridation from the frontline

Greg Fell, director of public health for Sheffield, encourages the dental profession to advocate for water fluoridation. Oral health promotion…

Oral health

Seller’s guide to selling a dental practice: part 1

If you have to do a deal, you’ll get a worse deal, says Ross Martin, in the first part of…

Private Practice

90 seconds with…Laura Checksfield

This week Laura Checksfield talks about her strangest experience in dentistry and what her plans are for her new aesthetics…

Oral health

Half of all smokers are stress smoking more since COVID-19

Almost one third of smokers are smoking more since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.  And 65%…

Oral health

Mental health and financial strength with Wesleyan and Confidental

Join a panel of speakers as they talk about mental health and financial strength at 19:00 on Thursday 22 April.…

Dentistry

Building patient confidence in attending dental practices

Dentistry Online speaks to Jon Workman, area general manager for Great Britain and Ireland GSK Consumer Healthcare, about dentistry after…

Oral health

Tales of a therapist: Carley Phillips

Carley Phillips describes her journey into dental nursing and how she found herself focusing on orthodontic therapy. I arrived quite…

Orthodontics

COVID-19 and DIY dentistry

Hawa Azhar discusses the impact the pandemic has had on DIY dentistry and explains how a dual approach to patient…

Dentistry

NHS dental teams in Wales to receive bonus payment

The Welsh government has confirmed that NHS dental teams will receive a bonus payment in response to the pandemic. Vaughan…

Dentistry

From Rome to London: navigating university as an international student

Martina Olivieri discusses her experience as an international student at dental school and how moving to the UK has impacted…

Young Dentist

A different perspective for dental volunteering abroad: the case of Dental Team Gulu in northern Uganda

Sophia Signorini and Georgios Kitsaras discuss their experiences volunteering for the Dental Team Gulu in northern Uganda and what they…

Young Dentist

Immediate loading of short dental implants after sinus floor augmentation

Eduardo Anitua examines the factors influencing success when immediately loading short implants following a transcrestal sinus lift. Short implants (less…

Implant dentistry

COVID-19 – pandemic led to spike in dental-related redundancy queries

Redundancy and absence queries were among the top five reasons for dental professionals requesting advice and guidance. This is according…

Dentistry

GDC spent £59,000 on investigators in seven years

The General Dental Council (GDC) spent more than £59,000 on investigators in seven years, sparking calls to stop undercover inquiries.…

Dentistry

Fast Track 4 – how winning has helped me

With Fast Track 4 entries now open and coming in thick and fast, we hear from Shiraz Khan, a previous…

Young Dentist