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Dental organisations support World Antibiotic Awareness Week

During World Antibiotic Awareness Week, dentists and dental professionals are reminded to think about their use of antibiotics. National dental…

Dentistry

The fear of inaction in your dental career

Nigel Jones relays one young dentist’s fear of leaving his dental career in the hands of the NHS. The numbers…

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Labour promises free dental check ups if elected

Labour is promising to scrap charges and offer free dental check ups if it wins the next general election. All…

Dentistry

NHS dentists don’t want to be working in the NHS

More than three quarters (77%) of NHS dentists don’t see themselves working in the NHS in five years’ time. The latest…

Dentistry

Taking corporate social responsibility seriously

Andy Acton explains why FTA is taking its corporate social responsibility so seriously. The phrase ‘the world is becoming a…

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Zirconia: strong and beautiful

 As zirconia becomes a more affordable option, Neil Photay muses on its viability for restorations in NHS dentistry In dentistry,…

Dentistry

Mouth Cancer Action Month – be a lifesaver

Andrew Osafo reports on the launch night for Mouth Cancer Action Month and what dental professionals can do to raise…

Oral health

The history and success of dental charity Bridge2aid

https://www.facebook.com/HenryScheinUK/videos/408226066790010/?v=408226066790010 Patrick Allen, managing director for Henry Schein UK & Ireland speaks to Shaenna Loughnane, CEO of dental charity Bridge2aid.…

Dentistry

Not just posture: causes of musculoskeletal pain

Khalil Hussein discusses musculoskeletal pain in dentistry by assessing the potential causes in daily work life Perfect posture does not exist,…

Dentistry

Bupa Dental Care announces further acquisitions

Bupa Dental Care, provider of NHS and private dentistry, has acquired a further 10 practices across the UK. As a…

Dentistry

Dentists warn parents about sugary drinks this Christmas as Coca-Cola trucks role into town

Paediatric dentists are warning parents not to allow their children to develop a taste for sugary drinks. Warnings come as the Coca-Cola…

Oral health

Dentistry Confidence Monitor reveals fear, fragmentation, and the future

Nigel Jones discusses the results of the Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey with a panel of professionals in a wide-ranging debate…

Dentistry

Blue Wednesday is here!

As part of Mouth Cancer Action Month, the Oral Health Foundation is urging everyone to wear something blue on Wednesday…

Dentistry

The dental snowflake – ‘There is no reality except in action’

Alun Rees says graduates having greater expectations than generations before doesn’t make them a ‘dental snowflake’. I want to address…

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Fishing community receives free dental checks

This year’s #SmilesAtSea fishing community tour of Cornwall and Devon was a resounding success, Smile Together claims. Above all 173 members…

Oral health

Dental contract reform – are we making progress?

Flexible commissioning with a new dental contract will allow dentistry to move outside of the dental practice, Michael Watson says. It was…

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Five things that prevent dental practice growth

Sandeep Kumar gives five simple areas that are preventing dental practice growth. The latest statistics from NASDAL have reported that dental practitioners have…

Private Practice

Dentistry magazine Business Publication of the Year 2019

Dentistry magazine has won the Business Publication of the Year award at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards. Announced on Friday, Dentistry magazine beat…

Dentistry

GDC opens annual renewal period for dental register

The General Dental Council (GDC) has opened the annual renewal period to appear on the dental register. To renew registration,…

Dentistry