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Maternity leave as a practice owner during lockdown

Inderpreet Battu gives her experience of having a child just before lockdown and trying to keep a dental practice running…

Dentistry

Jason Wong – implementing the SOP into practice

Jason Wong, the new deputy CDO, discusses his return to practice and where he sees dentistry – and PPE requirements…

Dentistry

Dental anxiety – building the perfect dental practice

Dental anxiety affects around half of UK adults. Trishala Lakhani explains how she would build a practice perfectly catered to…

Dentistry

The EME approach to tackling oral hygiene education

Amber Ojak introduces her EME approach to oral hygiene education, which will help influence behaviour change both in and out…

Oral health

My indirect route to dental school

Nikita Joshi discusses her indirect route into dental school and how, even at a young age, she knew dentistry was…

Young Dentist

Alcoholism and dentistry – how one dental therapist turned her life around

Dental hygienist and therapist Sarah Thomson talks about her alcoholism and the road to recovery. I have two passions in…

Dentistry

Obesity plan targets ‘buy one, get one free’ deals

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a number of measures to tackle obesity as part of a national crackdown. The…

Dentistry

The role of personal protective equipment (PPE) in dentistry

Melissa Loh, Karthikeyan Iyengar and William Loh discuss why PPE is so important in dentistry and what the future of…

Dentistry

My experience becoming a clinical caseworker

Karenn Helmrichne talks to Dentistry Online about her experience becoming a clinical caseworker and what the role involves. What does…

Oral health

The Private Dentistry Awards winners – Angela Auluck and Dev Patel

Multiple award-winners Angela Auluck and Dev Patel, of The Dental Rooms, talk about why winning meant so much to them…

Private Practice

Out of office – Simran Bains on skydiving and exploring new places

Simran Bains talks about skydiving, exploring new places and hiking the Shropshire hills in this weeks out of office. Please…

Young Dentist

The straight and narrow – life back in orthodontics

Emma Laing talks about what life in orthodontics has been like since she’s returned to the practice and started seeing…

Orthodontics

Dentistry Online podcast with Awais Ali

In this week’s episode, we hear from dentist and filmmaker Awais Ali and why he believes film and dentistry go…

Young Dentist

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… Dentists handed pay…

Dentistry

All dental staff in primary care must wear face masks, PHE advice says

Dental staff in primary care environment must all wear face masks if the practice is not COVID-19 secure. Following the…

Dentistry

Dental practice values continue to rise

The value of dental practices continues to rise for the sixth quarter in a row, latest NASDAL figures show. Goodwill…

Dentistry

Young hygienists – tips to drive a growing career in dentistry and obstacles you’ll face

Melica Bastani gives some advice to new hygienists and therapists on growing their careers and overcoming obstacles in dentistry. As…

Oral health

Practice owners – you are not alone!

Holly Foley encourages practice owners to reach out and support each other during these challenging post-COVID-19 times. Our profession is…

Private Practice

Almost 97% of dental professionals are performing fewer oral cancer screens, survey finds

The significant majority of dental professionals (97%) are performing fewer oral cancer screenings in comparison to pre-pandemic circumstances. This is…

Oral health