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Slow Dentistry launches in London

The new ‘Slow Dentistry’ initiative held its first UK event in London last month. Slow Dentistry is the brainchild of…

Dentistry

The danger with dental practice valuation averages

Alan Suggett outlines the dangers with an average dental practice valuation. Averages can be a difficult beast. For instance, which…

Dentistry

Improving the shape and colour of anterior teeth with ultra-translucent zirconia

Joanne Gracey walks through a patient wanting improvement in the shape and colour of their upper anterior teeth using ultra-translucent zirconia. The…

Aesthetic dentistry

Dentists tell government to drop raisins as school snacks

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) is calling on the government to stop giving out raisins as snacks. The…

Oral health

GDC launches strategy for the next three years – Right time. Right place. Right-touch

The GDC has announced its strategy for the next three years in Right time. Right place. Right-touch. The dental regulator consulted on its…

Dentistry

Introducing the Planmeca Compact I3

Small, swift and clever – the Planmeca Compact I3. Planmeca Compact I3 The dental unit switches from left to right…

Dentistry

King’s College London announces new dental therapy and hygiene course

King’s College London has launched a new dental therapy and hygiene undergraduate course. The faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences…

Dentistry

Say goodbye to chairside wire bending with Maintain

David Waring explains how Maintain can help save you and your patients time. Frustrated with the chairside retainer wire-bending process?…

Orthodontics

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… Time to end…

Dentistry

Private dentistry in demand as buyers go for growth

Paul Graham analyses the market trends to explain the increasing interest in buying into private dentistry. The private dentistry market…

Private Practice

Getting started in clinical dental photography

Ash Parmar provides guidance on how to incorporate digital dental photography into your clinical practice. Photography is an essential part…

Dentistry

Mouth Cancer Quality Improvement Tool makes detecting oral cancer easier

Health Education and Improvement Wales is launching its Mouth Cancer Quality Improvement Tool to help dental teams identify oral cancer.…

Dentistry

Switzerland best place to live for dentists and dental nurses

Switzerland has topped the polls as the best place to live and work for dentists, according to Totally Money. The…

Dentistry

Cancer risk top incentive to give up smoking and drinking

Cancer risk is the number one incentive given for quitting smoking and heavy drinking, new research shows. Half (50%) of smokers…

Oral health

Get more for your money

To find dental equipment that is truly great value for money, Justin Hind explains why you need to look further…

Dentistry

Get instant messaging throughout the practice

Keeping team members up to date and informed is easier thanks to Dentally’s new instant messaging system. Dentally has unveiled plans…

Dentistry

UCL Eastman researchers recognised for linking gum disease with diabetes

Professor Francesco D’Aiuto and his periodontics team from UCL Eastman have won the 2019 Clinical Research Award from the American Academy…

Dentistry

Harry Singhs – facial aesthetics, a new learning pathway

Harry Singh considers the synergistic role of the dentist and facial aesthetics clinicians, and how this can be leveraged to…

Aesthetic dentistry

Time to end ‘bidding wars’ for NHS orthodontics

The British Dental Association (BDA) is calling for an end to competitive tendering for NHS orthodontics. Commissioning orthodontic services across the West…

Orthodontics