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How Care Dental Platinum combines old fashioned values with new world technology

Stephen Hancocks journeyed ‘out west’ to visit Care Dental Platinum, a practice with a flair for style and attention to…

Private Practice

How does the NHS prototype contract affect dental associates?

Bhavin Patel discusses how testing the NHS prototype contract affected him as an associate working at Woodford Dental Care. Watch…

Dentistry

Smiledirectclub’s chief clinical officer risks losing license to practise dentistry

Jeffrey Sulitzer, CCO for Smiledirectclub, risks losing his license after a two-year California dental board investigation. The state accuses him…

Orthodontics

Reasons to love own brand

Ian Claydon-Butler explores the growth in popularity for own-brand products in dentistry. Own brand products have become a staple part…

Dentistry

Dental product reviews – Enamel Pro Prophy Paste

Enamel Pro Prophy Paste, from Premier Dental Products Company, claims to offer a lustrous smile to your patients. Premier Dental…

Dentistry

The generation game – generational differences in aesthetics

Sabrina Shah-Desai helps us navigate specific treatment demands and the generational differences in aesthetics. The type of aesthetic treatment being…

Aesthetic dentistry

Action on Sugar calls for pre-mixed alcoholic drinks to fall under sugar tax

Pre-mixed alcoholic drinks sold in supermarkets contain up to nine teaspoons of sugar in 250ml, new research shows. Action on…

Oral health

Patients or consumers for cosmetic facial treatments?

John Makin says dental professionals need to be cautious when marketing cosmetic facial treatments. Two new documents appeared in my…

Aesthetic dentistry

Should we focus more on public education about oral hygiene and dental products?

Amber Ojak questions whether dental professionals should spend more time publishing advice for the general public to access. As a…

Oral health

Using a dental imaging centre for implant CBCT scans

CT Dent chats to Amit Mistry about the effectiveness of CBCT scans for dental procedures. How long have you been…

Private Practice

The stress of patient complaints

Lynne Clark looks at the latest statistics about the stress of patient complaints. She asks Farzeela Merali-Rupani for her advice…

Dentistry

Don’t be a victim of theft or dental fraud

David Harris, CEO of Prosperident, explains how he tackles dental fraud and what practices can to to avoid becoming a…

Private Practice

Preet Bhogal on how orthodontics play a key role in cosmetic dentistry

Specialist orthodontist at Signature Orthodontics and founding member and clinical director of the Quick Straight Teeth system, Dr Preet Bhogal…

Cosmetic Dentistry

Solitary confinement? No, just dentistry

Feeling isolated? You are not alone. We are never really on our own, but in this job, it can sometimes…

Oral health

90 seconds with…Nigel Jones

We find out a little more about Nigel Jones and his life in the dental profession. About Nigel Jones Nigel…

Private Practice

The myth of team building

Team building exercises don’t work, it is often down to poor leadership or the wrong people, Alun Rees says. ‘We…

Dentistry

Confidence restored with minimally invasive treatment

Tariq Bashir describes how he uses a minimally invasive layered composite technique to aesthetically repair a patient’s damaged central incisors.…

Aesthetic dentistry

Trade in your old dental chair for a new A-dec 500

Looking to update your surgery, refurbish the practice or relocate? Now is the perfect time, with Hague Dental offering an…

Dentistry

Problem solving endodontics – obturation with a bioceramic sealer

Specialist endodontist, John Rhodes presents an interactive, practical and problem-solving solution in endodontics. Here, John looks at a technique for…

Endodontics