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Nestlé reduces sugar in products by 2.6 billion teaspoons

Nestlé UK and Ireland has cut more than 2.6 billion teaspoons of sugar from its products since 2015. It claims…

Oral health

Watch how Ekom grew over the last 20 years

Find out what makes Ekom so unique. For more information visit www.absoluteairandgas.co.uk.

Dentistry

Reverse osmosis – a simple way to achieve HTM 01-05 and L8 compliance

Yet another recent report recommends that reservoir water bottles in dental chairs be filled with freshly-produced reverse osmosis (RO) or…

Dentistry

Nuvola 3D – a big motivation for your patient

Richard Brown presents a case involving treatment with Nuvola aligners. Presentation The patient presented with class II division II incisors…

Orthodontics

It’s time to start supporting International Women’s Day

Liz Kay calls for people to start respecting International Women’s Day. Today (8 March) is International Women’s Day. And I am…

Blog

Dentists could play ‘key role’ in detecting eating disorders

  Dentists could be playing a ‘key role’ in detecting patients with eating disorders, new research has suggested. Researchers from…

Oral health

Join the movement

The award-winning 3Shape Trios intraoral scanner gets a new hardware setup. The brand-new setup places the 3Shape Trios scanner, monitor…

Dentistry

Become a Confident Dentist

The Confident Dentist’s exclusive one-day preview course has been hailed a success by attendees from across the dental community. Participants…

Private Practice

Possibly ‘the best orthodontic course in the world’

The best orthodontic course in Europe? Cfast introduces its orthodontic diploma. For more information visit www.cfastsmiletru.com/im-a-dentist/ace-orthodontic-diploma, email info@aceorthodonticdiploma.com or call 0844…

Orthodontics

Hygienists and therapists should be able to prescribe medicines

Why can’t dental health professionals supply and administer specified medicines under ‘exemptions’, Michael Watson questions. At a study day in…

Blog

Use of non-dental services to treat children’s oral pain costs NHS £2.3m

Children’s use of non-dental services to treat oral pain is costing the NHS £2.3m a year. That’s according to new…

Oral health

How to phase treatment for success

When phasing treatment Ian Buckle has three phases: First of all, get everything biologically stable Then, to stabilise the occlusion And then…

Private Practice

Bulk Ez versus other bulk fills

Stephen Selwyn compares Bulk Ez bulk-fill composite to others on the market. The use of ‘bulk-fill’ composites has been increasing…

Endodontics

PHE announces new plans to help reduce excess calorie consumption

Public Health England (PHE) has announced new plans to help cut calorie intake and reduce childhood and adult obesity. The…

Oral health

Should we split claims to maximise UDAs?

The current ambiguous NHS system leaves ethically-minded dentists carrying the burden, Neel Kothari argues. One of the most debated topics…

Blog

Digital lab uses 3D printing to deliver high quality restorations

Dentcore is a premium CAD/CAM dental laboratory and supply company based in Manassas, Virginia. Its sister company, Rejuveneer, also creates…

Laboratory

Successful treatment of a maxillary central incisor diagnosed with infected dens invaginatus (Oehlers’ type III) and associated apical periodontitis

Figure 1: Classification of dens invaginatus, adapted from Oehlers (1957) class I (a); class II (b, c); class III (d) Adrian…

Endodontics

How do I value my dental practice?

At Samera Business Advisors, we offer a free valuation service of your dental practice if you are thinking about selling…

Private Practice

Bego expands 3D print options

Further expanding the extensive range of indications for its 3D-printing system, Bego has introduced VarseoSmile Temp, a tooth-coloured composite for 3D printing…

Laboratory