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Oral care in the cancer setting

View an exclusive Colgate ECPD webinar in partnership with UKOMIC with Dr Barry Quinn, Dr Charles Kelly and Mrs Joss…

Oral health

Dentists in England to receive an above-inflation 2.5% pay rise

The government will be giving an above-inflation pay rise of 2.5% to dentists, which will be backdated to April. Health Secretary…

Dentistry

Stuck in one Year Zero after another

Plan for the future and continue to develop or you will be stuck in Year Zero, Alun Rees says. ‘This…

Blog

Past, present and future CBCT

Dentistry.co.uk talks to Alex Woodham about how CBCT has evolved to be so important in dentistry. How has cone beam…

Dentistry

Restorative dentistry – the class II total practice solution

Dr Lindsay Ford talks about how Dentsply Sirona’s Class II Solution has transformed her approach to restorative dentistry. Restorative dentistry,…

Aesthetic dentistry

Who should you visit at the London Dentistry Show?

Paul Graham from Christie & Co explains why you should come and talk to the Christie team at the London…

Dentistry

Concerns grow in Peterborough over availability of NHS dental appointments

Peterborough councillors voice growing concerns over the shortage of NHS dentists accepting new patients. NHS England can only name two practices currently…

Dentistry

Gathering the tools for a practice sale

Struggling to sell your practice? Sarah Bradbury runs through the process, including the story of one seller who didn’t let…

Dentistry

Signposting to nowhere

UK dentists get a very early lesson in the kind of autonomy (or more accurately, the lack of it) that…

Blog

A perfect stepping stone from 2D to 3D imaging

As 3D dental imaging technology continues to improve, making it possible to get accurate diagnosis-improving images at ever lower doses,…

Dentistry

Are you going through life, or are you growing through life?

Mahmood Mawjee explains how the problems we experience in practice and life can help us grow. Each and every person…

Blog

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Sugary drinks and…

Dentistry

‘Inadequate’ oral health action leaving 3.5 billion with poor dental health worldwide, experts say

‘Inadequate’ oral health response is leaving 3.5 billion people with poor oral care, dental experts are claiming. A series in The Lancet is…

Dentistry

Financial incentives could help smokers quit and save NHS billions

New evidence suggests that paying people to quit smoking could save the NHS billions of pounds The findings, published by the Cochrane…

Dentistry

Align Technology launches Invisalign pop-up in London

This Wednesday saw the launch of Align Technology’s first Invisalign Connect pop up at London’s Westfield shopping centre. The attractive, interactive pop up shop is located…

Orthodontics

Dentists hopeful for future but perceived lack of funds biggest obstacle to growth

Dentists in the UK are, in the main, positive about their business prospects over the coming 12 months, but standing…

Private Practice

Average value of dental practices slowly rising

The average value of dental practices is slowly recovering, according to the latest quarterly goodwill figures from NASDAL. Dental practice valuations…

Dentistry

Under-16s to be banned from buying energy drinks

Children will be banned from purchasing energy drinks under new plans from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Some drinks contain five times…

Oral health

‘I grew my patient numbers by 60%’

Lesley Morgan-Barlow, practice manager at Synergy Dental & Implant Centre, discusses the impact of having a practice-branded membership plan from…

Private Practice