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Gaining informed consent before orthodontic treatment

Priya Sharma explains the importance of gaining patient consent when it comes to orthodontic and dental care. Informed consent is…

Orthodontics

Don’t, don’t, don’t – how positive language can change behaviours

By choosing to adopt more positive language, we can change behaviours with surprising success, says Jane Lelean. I absolutely don’t…

Dentistry

COVID-19 – hygienist gives away £10,000 worth of treatment to thank NHS staff for saving mother’s life

A dental hygienist is giving away £10,000 worth of treatment to NHS frontline workers to thank them for saving her…

Oral health

Dental students in Scotland to receive bursaries in face of delayed graduation

Bursaries will be offered to struggling dental students in Scotland in response to COVID-19 disruptions. Calls were made to help…

Young Dentist

Dentistry Cribs – Dental Excellence

Dental Excellence is the practice in this month’s Dentistry Cribs, Robbie Hughes takes us on a tour around around his…

Private Practice

Redeployment to track and trace – a foundation dentist’s experience

Roshni Ruparelia gives her experience after helping out with the track and trace efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduating from…

Young Dentist

Oral Health Awards – Amber Ojak

Amber Ojak speaks to us about winning at the Oral Health Awards, what it means to her and what her…

Oral health

Online Dentistry Show – utilising the hygienist and therapist scope of practice

Anna Middleton will cover how practices can utilise the hygienist and therapists’ scope of practice at the Online Dentistry Show.…

Oral health

Achieving the perfect colour match for your restorations

Hussein Hassanali gives some quick tips to help you make sure you achieve the perfect colour match for your restorations.…

Young Dentist

The power of positivity within the practice

Every day in your practice you are influencing people positively and being influenced yourself without realising it, says Barry Oulton.…

Oral health

Out of office – Raabiha Maan on growing to love social media

This week Raabiha Maan discusses overcoming her fears, moving out of her comfort zone and growing to love social media.…

Aesthetic dentistry

Case of the week – accepting imperfections and managing unilateral posterior crossbites

Rizwaan Chaudhry discusses the importance of accepting subtle imperfections to get a positive final result. Download the full Case of…

Oral health

Private Dentistry Awards winner

This month we talk to award winner Sam Jethwa about the experience of entering and winning at the Private Dentistry…

Private Practice

When whitening strikes – the legal requirements for tooth whitening

Bitten by the whitening bug. The general public is still worryingly unaware of the legal requirement for tooth whitening to…

Aesthetic dentistry

Dentistry Online podcast with Laura Maddison

We chat to Laura Maddison about her unique journey from dental nurse to dentist – and what both roles have…

Dental Nursing

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… Dental practices should…

Dentistry

All about confidence and trust

Raheem Achour and Stacey Gore discuss the positive impact of their principal-only transitions to Denplan.  Located in the heart of…

Dentistry

How Britain’s predicted economic boom has already been felt in dentistry

A top economist has predicted Britain’s economy will see a spending boom once lockdown restrictions are scrapped. Speaking to the…

Private Practice

Avoiding debt through unpaid dental fees

More and more dental practices are having to deal with patient debt after they don’t pay dental fees. Frontline Collections…

Private Practice