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Dental students ready for skills competition

The Dental Clinical Skills Competition, which will run in dental schools across the UK and Ireland this autumn/winter has been officially…

Dentistry

Incoming BSPD president outlines her mission

  The dental needs of children with craniofacial deformities are a priority for Sarah McKaig, the incoming president of BSPD…

Dentistry

Shining a light on female empowerment in dentistry

Ahead of her session at the Empowering Women in Dentistry Big Vision conference, Janine Brooks explains why the future is…

Dentistry

Chris Barrow launches Extreme Business 2020

Business coach Chris Barrow has launched his Extreme Business coaching programme for 2020, with a year-long schedule encompassing quarterly workshops…

Dentistry

Nine out of 14 teething gels contain sugar and alcohol

Researchers have found that many teething powders and gels contain ‘potentially harmful ingredients’ including the drug lidocaine and alcohol. A new study…

Dentistry

Digital excellence series of lectures announced

Align Technology have announced that they will be hosting a new digital event series for UK dentists next month The events will…

Dentistry

MP applauds Plymouth University and their provision of free oral health for homeless

Cabinet minister James Cleverly MP has praised the work of the University of Plymouth and Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) CIC…

Dentistry

Forming good habits in independence

Julie Deverick talks about what dental professionals can do to improve the oral health of students before they discover bad…

Dentistry

Charity event to honour dentist Anoop Maini draws in 100+ walkers

More than 120 people took part in a charity walk to honour dentist Anoop Maini, who tragically passed away recently. Money…

Dentistry

Minimally invasive approach achieves aesthetic result

Ash Soneji, Best Young Dentist South West at the Dentistry Awards 2018, describes how he uses resin infiltration and direct…

Dentistry

Vaping helps more than 70,000 quit smoking

The number of people vaping in Britain has jumped by 12.5% in the last year, reaching 3.6 million. Action on…

Oral health

Gum disease linked to high blood pressure

People with periodontitis have a greater likelihood of high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a recent study published by scientists…

Dentistry

Kevin Green joins Snowbird Finance

Snowbird Finance Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Green as business development director. Kevin brings with him…

Dentistry

The psychology of habits and oral hygiene

Fitting interdental cleaning into patients’ lifestyles is the key to forming good habits, Barry Oulton says. As dental professionals will know, interdental…

Oral health

Talking tax: changes, benefits and news

Sophie Kwiatkowski provides a snapshot of some of the updates announced for the 2019/20 tax year. Although you may be…

Dentistry

Sugar tax works 10 times better than voluntary challenges, figures show

Sugar levels in drinks covered by the sugar tax have dropped 10 times faster than foods outside the levy. Public Health England…

Oral health

Business and charity tips

Mark Topley talks to Ben Wilkes about how businesses can get the most out of working with charities. For more…

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Importance of a reliable sectional matrix

Young dentist, Laura Beresford Pratt, explains why once she’d tried Palodent V3, she couldn’t go back to using  any other…

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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… Cornwall patients waiting…

Dentistry