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Slashers, side hustles and dentists

Kevin Lewis describes a stealth heist in UDA dentistry. I have never really thought of myself as much of a…

Blog

GDC gives update on its progress over the last year

The General Dental Council is publishing its document Moving Upstream, providing an update on progress made over the past year. It was launched on…

Dentistry

Save the date for the official launch of UKdentech

UKdentech launches its official launch date featuring guest speaker, Lars Christian Lund. UKdentech is celebrating the opening of one of the…

Dentistry

Falsified Medicine’s Directive: stamping out the fakes

John Finey explores the recently implemented Falsified Medicine’s Directive Delegated Regulations (FMD DR) by talking with the BDIA and Septodont…

Dentistry

Health is the main reason smokers want to quit their habit

Health is the main reason Brits give up smoking, a study from the Oral Health Foundation has shown. Around 66%…

Oral health

When it’s time to move on

Perhaps it’s time to walk a mile in associates’ shoes, Alun Rees suggests. My father left school at 16 and,…

Blog

Introducing new Colgate Total

Colgate announces the launch of its next generation Colgate Total toothpaste – reinvented with dual-zinc and arginine for whole mouth health.* Twenty…

Oral health

Free implant training videos – risk based aesthetic implant assessment by Dominic Hassall

Visit dominic-hassall-training.co.uk/dentistry-implant to sign up for the free training.

Implant dentistry

Patients put off visiting the dentist due to time constraints

More than 4.5 million people in the UK are put off seeing the dentist due to time constraints. Bupa research found…

Private Practice

Smokers 40% less likely to survive cancer 10 years after diagnosis

Smoking cigarettes could stop the ability of the body to fight cancer, research from the University of Leeds shows. Smokers…

Oral health

Facial aesthetics and professional indemnity

Harry Singh explores the brave new world of facial aesthetics and professional indemnity. We live in a consumer-driven world, and…

Aesthetic dentistry

‘First of its kind’ cone beam CT scanner installed at University Hospitals of Leicester

Leicester Royal Infirmary has installed a CBCT scanner with metal artefact reduction and the latest advances in radiographer assistance. The Carestream…

Dentistry

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… More than 1…

Dentistry

Prevention is better than cure

Kath Eastwood explains why dentists should practice what they preach when it comes to prevention and look after their posture…

Dentistry

Five reasons to attend the launch of #Whiteology

Not sure what #Whiteology is? Optident has listed five reasons why you should attend the UK launch to find out…

Aesthetic dentistry

Brace advertising enforcement notice – what dentists need to know

Shaz Memon explains why it might be worth revisiting what your practice says about teeth-straightening. Dentists beware – your website…

Orthodontics

EMS introduces its newest GBT guiding light

EMS is delighted to announce that its newest guided biofilm therapy (GBT) ambassador is London-based multi-award-winning dental hygienist, Anna Middleton,…

Dentistry

Why NHS dentistry is bad medicine

Dominic O’Hooley gives us his opinion on responsibility… I have contemplated the three core principles of Bevans’s big idea for an NHS.…

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US scientists to test light therapy as relief from oral side effects of cancer treatment

Researchers from the US will be investigating light therapy to treat the painful oral side effects resulting from cancer treatments…

Oral health