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Start your next step today with FTA Finance

Abhishek Agarwal, principal dentist at Greenwich Dental Health, discusses his experience using FTA Finance. Working with FTA Finance Abhishek Agarwal…

Dentistry

Considering running a homeless dental service? Ben Atkins shares his experience

Ben Atkins explains how his practice got involved with hard-to-reach patients and offers advice to those looking to run a…

Oral health

Top tips to avoid feeling overwhelmed when going into secondary care

Simran Bains lists some of her top tips to consider if you’re looking to go into tertiary or secondary care.…

Young Dentist

BDA launches UDA Checker to show average rates across England

The BDA has launched a ‘UDA Checker’, so dentists can check the Unit of Dental Activity values in their area.…

Dentistry

What does the future hold for dentistry?

The ability to adapt quickly is the only way dentists can remain successful in the future, Alun Rees says. Nils…

Dentistry

New social-first campaign from Poligrip: Divorced, Dating and Dentures

Poligrip is launching Divorced, Dating and Dentures. This is a three-part dating series featuring denture-wearing divorcees who are getting to…

Oral health

Advertising Botox – what to avoid

What do we do now if we can’t advertise Botox? Amy Rose Jones explains where dental practices need to change.…

Aesthetic dentistry

Dental product reviews – Premier Air hygiene and diagnostic instruments

Premier Air hygiene and diagnostic instruments from Premier Dental Products Company claim to offer better ergonomics, with less fatigue for…

Dentistry

Do it all or not at all

The path to functional and aesthetic front teeth restorations by Dietmar Schaan, MDT and Knut Miller, DT – part one.…

Laboratory

The sweetest poison – the relationship between sugar and health

  In part one of this series, Chris Harper looks into the relationship of sugar and health and the impact…

Dentistry

‘A candle’s flame is not dimmed by lighting another candle’

We speak to Bethany Rushworth about how she got into dentistry and what advice she has for young dentists. How…

Young Dentist

Alcohol consumption in England increases with age

Half of women and 65% of men have drunk alcohol in the last week, new figures from NHS Digital show.…

Oral health

Martin Woodrow appointed new BDA chief executive

The BDA has appointed Martin Woodrow as its new chief executive, replacing the outgoing Peter Ward. He is currently the…

Dentistry

Five powerful business reasons why collecting patient feedback matters

Don’t think patient feedback helps? Doctify explains how it can help grow your practice and save you money. Not so…

Dentistry

Digitally-assisted implant restoration

Simon Chard demonstrates how the use of digital intraoral scanning and chairside milling can enhance the restorative phase of implant…

Dentistry

CBCT imaging with lower radiation – reduce frustration and get a sense of Planmeca CALM

Planmeca explains how it has solved the issue of patient movement during a CBCT scan using Planmeca CALM. Patients are…

Private Practice

Combining skin care with facial aesthetics

Uma Jeyanathan shares her experience of treating a patient while using a holistic approach. The patient requested treatments to reverse…

Aesthetic dentistry

Dentists referring other dentists to the GDC

Dentists should accept each other’s differences and not report registrants to the GDC for misunderstandings, Alun Rees argues. I started…

Dentistry

Advertising and marketing for dentists…by a dentist

Grant McAree clears up the confusion surrounding advertising and marketing in dentistry before giving his top 20 tips. Life is…

Private Practice